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A complex web : access to justice for abused immigrant women in New Brunswick
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- Creator
- Baukje Miedema, Sandra Wachholz
- Other Title
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- Toile complexe : l'accès au système de justice pour les femmes immigrants victimes de violence au Nouveau-Brunswick
- Format
- Books
- Languages
- English, French
- Contributors
- Publication
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- Ottawa : Status of Women Canada, [1998]
- Physical Details
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- 40 pages, 55 pages ; 28 cm
- ISBNs
- 0662634403, 9780662634409
- OCLC
- ocm38948854
- "March 1998."
- "Policy Research"--Cover.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Also available on the Internet in HTML and PDF formats.
- Text in English and French on inverted pages.
- Introduction: literature review: barriers to justice -- Focus of the study: objectives -- Methodology: definitions; research philosophy ; research methods ; changes based on field experience ; the location and organization of the focus groups ; the focus groups ; ethical considerations ; analysis of data -- The study: profile of participants ; patriarchal family structures ; women as keepers of the family ; immigrant women and structural oppression ; gendered legal and justice information needs ; closed doors: police as gatekeepers to the justice system ; other issues -- A complex web: summary points -- Recommendations: recommendations to improve access to the criminal justice system and justice-related services for abused immigrant women ; recommendations to improve awareness of socio-legal issues pertaining to woman abuse and the criminal justice system