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Abuse of Power

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Monday, October 13, 2003

Do existing laws do a good job of protecting women in abusive relationships? In a provocative new book, NYU law professor Linda Mills says the answer is no, and that assumptions made by feminists and law enforcement about the nature of domestic abuse may actually make things worse.

Beltway wrap-up

Anne Kornblut, national political reporter for the Boston Globe, recapping the weekend's news and the Sunday talk shows

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Rethinking Domestic Abuse

Linda Mills, Professor of Social Work at New York University and author, Insult to Injury: Rethinking Our Responses to Intimate Abuse (Princeton University Press, 2003), on how our response to such abuse fails and how to fix it.

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Reform in full

Noreen Connell, Executive Director of the Educational Priorities Panel, on school reform and other issues in the public schools

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