Private Violence

Name: Private Violence
Brand: NYU Press
SKU: 5948450

Cargando comentarios…

$581

$552

Envío gratis siempre

Comentarios

Cargando el resumen…

Por favor, inicia sesión para escribir un comentario.

Cargando comentarios…

6239107Private Violencehttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/private-violence-9781479824342/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/5787480/image.jpg?v=638595080462300000552581MXNNYU PressInStock/Ebooks/Category Winner, 2025 PROSE Awards: Psychology and Applied Social WorkHow the US asylum process fails to protect against claims of gender-based violenceThrough eyewitness accounts of closed-court proceedings and powerful testimony from women who have sought asylum in the United States because of severe assaults and death threats by intimate partners and/or gang members, Private Violence examines how immigration laws and policies shape the lives of Latin American women who seek safety in the United States. Carol Cleaveland and Michele Waslin describe the womens histories prior to crossing the border, and the legal strategies they use to convince Immigration Judges that rape and other forms of private violence should merit asylum despite laws built on Cold War era assumptions that persecution occurs in the public sphere by state actors.Private Violence provides much-needed recommendations for incorporating a gender-based lens in the asylum process. The authors demonstrate how policy changes across Presidential administrations have made it difficult for survivors of private violence to qualify for asylum. Private Violence paints a damning portrait of Americas broken asylum system. This volume illustrates the difficulties experienced by Latin American women who rely on this broken system for protection in the United States. It also illuminates womens resilience and the determination of immigration attorneys to reshape asylum law....5948450Private Violence552581https://www.gandhi.com.mx/private-violence-9781479824342/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/5787480/image.jpg?v=638595080462300000InStockMXN99999DIEbook20249781479824342_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_How the US asylum process fails to protect against claims of gender-based violenceThrough eyewitness accounts of closed-court proceedings and powerful testimony from women who have sought asylum in the United States because of severe assaults and death threats by intimate partners and/or gang members, Private Violence examines how immigration laws and policies shape the lives of Latin American women who seek safety in the United States. Carol Cleaveland and Michele Waslin describe the womens histories prior to crossing the border, and the legal strategies they use to convince Immigration Judges that rape and other forms of private violence should merit asylum despite laws built on Cold War era assumptions that persecution occurs in the public sphere by state actors.Private Violence provides much-needed recommendations for incorporating a gender-based lens in the asylum process. The authors demonstrate how policy changes across Presidential administrations have made it difficult for survivors of private violence to qualify for asylum. Private Violence paints a damning portrait of Americas broken asylum system. This volume illustrates the difficulties experienced by Latin American women who rely on this broken system for protection in the United States. It also illuminates womens resilience and the determination of immigration attorneys to reshape asylum law....(*_*)9781479824342_Category Winner, 2025 PROSE Awards: Psychology and Applied Social WorkHow the US asylum process fails to protect against claims of gender-based violenceThrough eyewitness accounts of closed-court proceedings and powerful testimony from women who have sought asylum in the United States because of severe assaults and death threats by intimate partners and/or gang members, Private Violence examines how immigration laws and policies shape the lives of Latin American women who seek safety in the United States. Carol Cleaveland and Michele Waslin describe the womens histories prior to crossing the border, and the legal strategies they use to convince Immigration Judges that rape and other forms of private violence should merit asylum despite laws built on Cold War era assumptions that persecution occurs in the public sphere by state actors.Private Violence provides much-needed recommendations for incorporating a gender-based lens in the asylum process. The authors demonstrate how policy changes across Presidential administrations have made it difficult for survivors of private violence to qualify for asylum. Private Violence paints a damning portrait of Americas broken asylum system. This volume illustrates the difficulties experienced by Latin American women who rely on this broken system for protection in the United States. It also illuminates womens resilience and the determination of immigration attorneys to reshape asylum law....9781479824342_NYU Presslibro_electonico_9781479824342_9781479824342Michele WaslinInglésMéxico2024-10-15T00:00:00+00:00https://getbook.kobo.com/koboid-prod-public/nyushort-epub-dd04d379-cee1-4935-826b-2687f86b7412.epub2024-10-15T00:00:00+00:00NYU Press