Defending Battered Women On Trial

Author : Elizabeth A. Sheehy
Publisher : UBC Press
Page : 492 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2013-12-15
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780774826549

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Defending Battered Women on Trial by Elizabeth A. Sheehy Pdf

In the landmark Lavallee decision of 1990, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled that evidence of "battered woman syndrome" was admissible in establishing self-defence for women accused of killing their abusive partners. This book looks at the trials of eleven battered women, ten of whom killed their partners, in the fifteen years since Lavallee. Drawing extensively on trial transcripts and a rich expanse of interdisciplinary sources, the author looks at the evidence produced at trial and at how self-defence was argued. By illuminating these cases, this book uncovers the practical and legal dilemmas faced by battered women on trial for murder.

Author : Lenore E. Walker
Publisher : Springer Publishing Company
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2001-07-26
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 0826143237

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The Battered Woman Syndrome by Lenore E. Walker Pdf

In this latest edition of her groundbreaking book, Dr. Lenore Walker has provided a thorough update to her original findings in the field of domestic abuse. Each chapter has been expanded to include new research. The volume contains the latest on the impact of exposure to violence on children, marital rape, child abuse, personality characteristics of different types of batterers, new psychotherapy models for batterers and their victims, and more. Walker also speaks out on her involvement in the O.J. Simpson trial as a defense witness and how he does not fit the empirical data known for domestic violence. This volume should be required reading for all professionals in the field of domestic abuse. For Further Information, Please Click Here!

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 642 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Abused wives
ISBN : STANFORD:36105061177718

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Defending Battered Women in Criminal Cases by Anonim Pdf

Author : Charles Patrick Ewing
Publisher : Free Press
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Law
ISBN : UOM:39015035332462

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Battered Women who Kill by Charles Patrick Ewing Pdf

Author : Brenda L. Russell
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2014-01-10
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780786460045

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Battered Woman Syndrome as a Legal Defense by Brenda L. Russell Pdf

The use of the battered woman syndrome defense in the courts is controversial, particularly when women turn to homicide in response to a partner’s abuse. Scholars worry that the syndrome has created a standard to which all battered women are compared. This book provides a comprehensive examination of the evolution of the syndrome, its effectiveness in court, and the contributions made by psychologists and legal scholars to aid our understanding of the use of battered woman syndrome evidence in trials of abused women who kill. Of particular interest is the influence of history, gender roles, and stereotypes in the evaluation of defendants who claim to suffer from the syndrome.

Author : Patricia Gagné
Publisher : Macmillan Reference USA
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : STANFORD:36105020190059

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Battered Women's Justice by Patricia Gagné Pdf

In December 1990 Ohio governor Richard F. Celeste granted clemency to 25 women who had been incarcerated for killing or assaulting abusive partners or stepfathers. Governors in other states quickly followed. This book documents the history of the feminist and social activist groups working within the context of the battered women's movement and the role they playing in making these events possible. The book examines the Ohio movement as a precedent-setting case study, then discusses and analyzes events in six other states where large-scale clemencies were achieved or attempted. Before clemency became a movement goal, feminist legal activists worked for two decades to challenge laws that they argued prevented women from fully defending themselves when accused of killing abusive men. One focus was to ensure that the women who killed could describe the danger with which they had lived and explain the basis of their belief that force was needed to defend their lives. Within a few years, some activists began to frame their legal defense strategies within the language of the battered woman syndrome, a strategy that remains controversial. The book analyses the strategies and achievements of the movement for clemency review, identifying the factors that led to success or failure. The last chapter looks at the post-prison lives of some of the 25 Ohio women who received clemency.

Author : Evan Stark
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 465 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9780195384048

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Coercive Control by Evan Stark Pdf

Drawing on cases, Stark identifies the problems with our current approach to domestic violence, outlines the components of coercive control, and then uses this alternate framework to analyse the cases of battered women charged with criminal offenses directed at their abusers.

Author : Donald Alexander Downs
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1998-10
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 0226161609

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More Than Victims by Donald Alexander Downs Pdf

Donald Downs offers an analysis of the injustices behind the logic of battered woman syndrome, concluding that this very logic harms those it is trying to protect. This work seeks to rethink the criminal justice system.

Author : Del Martin
Publisher : Volcano Press
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 0912078707

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Battered Wives by Del Martin Pdf

Available for the first time ever in trade paperback, Dale Carnegie's enduring classic, the inspirational personal development guide that shows how to achieve lifelong success. One of the top-selling books of all time, "How to Win Friends & Influence People" has sold more than 15 million copies in all its editions.

Author : Angela Browne
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 175 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2008-06-30
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781439118658

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When Battered Women Kill by Angela Browne Pdf

A compassionate look at 42 battered women who felt "locked in with danger and so desperate that they killed a man they loved"; scholarly and compelling.

Author : Cynthia K. Gillespie
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Abused women
ISBN : UOM:39015014605938

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Justifiable Homicide by Cynthia K. Gillespie Pdf

Examines over 300 cases in which women have attempted to defend themselves from violent partners.

Author : Eve Lazarus
Publisher : arsenal pulp press
Page : 191 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2017-10-23
Category : True Crime
ISBN : 9781551526867

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Blood, Sweat and Fear by Eve Lazarus Pdf

Heralded internationally as "Canada's Sherlock Holmes," John Vance was an innovative and groundbreaking forensic investigator. Over 42 years beginning in the 1930s, Vance helped police detectives in British Columbia to determine murder from suicide as well as solve hit-and-runs, safecrackings, and some of the most sensational murder cases of the twentieth century.

Author : Jennifer Sheehan Joyce,Raymond M. Sheehan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2012-07
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 0984304711

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In Bed with the Badge by Jennifer Sheehan Joyce,Raymond M. Sheehan Pdf

Recounts the abusive relationship that a mother of two endured with her husband, an NYPD officer, including their courtship, the escalating abuses he inflicted on her for over twenty-five years, and what happened the night she killed him with his gun.

Author : Amy Lou Busch
Publisher : Nova Kroshka Books
Page : 118 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : UOM:39015043763435

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Finding Their Voices by Amy Lou Busch Pdf

The few studies that exist on battered women who have killed focus on what psychologists, attorneys, and academics have to say about their conduct. To date, there has been no study of how the women perceive themselves and their actions, and how they feel about the labels that have been applied to them. The voices of women who have killed their abusers must be brought into this debate. The life stories of these women can inform the theory used to describe them, illuminating disjunctions between the battered woman syndrome and their own explanations for their actions.

Author : Jess Hill
Publisher : Black Inc.
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2019-06-24
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781743820865

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See What You Made Me Do by Jess Hill Pdf

Domestic abuse is a national emergency: one in four Australian women has experienced violence from a man she was intimate with. But too often we ask the wrong question: why didn’t she leave? We should be asking: why did he do it? Investigative journalist Jess Hill puts perpetrators – and the systems that enable them – in the spotlight. See What You Made Me Do is a deep dive into the abuse so many women and children experience – abuse that is often reinforced by the justice system they trust to protect them. Critically, it shows that we can drastically reduce domestic violence – not in generations to come, but today. Combining forensic research with riveting storytelling, See What You Made Me Do radically rethinks how to confront the national crisis of fear and abuse in our homes. ‘A shattering book: clear-headed and meticulous, driving always at the truth’—Helen Garner ‘One Australian a week is dying as a result of domestic abuse. If that was terrorism, we’d have armed guards on every corner.’ —Jimmy Barnes ‘Confronting in its honesty this book challenges you to keep reading no matter how uncomfortable it is to face the profound rawness of people’s stories. Such a well written book and so well researched. See What You Made Me Do sheds new light on this complex issue that affects so many of us.’—Rosie Batty