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- catalog abstract ""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. By revealing the social and legal constraints that have shaped the women's behavior, these stories indicate factors that society and the criminal justice system should consider when pronouncing judgment on battered women and their "crimes." In examining the stories of four of these women, a theory emerges that contradicts the passive, helpless implications of the syndrome theory and portrays these women, correctly, as survivors of life-threatening circumstances. Viewed in this light, these women's "crimes" may be considered within the realm of justified self-defense."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b11254142.
- catalog created "1998.".
- catalog date "1998".
- catalog date "1998.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1998.".
- catalog description ""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. By revealing the social and legal constraints that have shaped the women's behavior, these stories indicate factors that society and the criminal justice system should consider when pronouncing judgment on battered women and their "crimes." In examining the stories of four of these women, a theory emerges that contradicts the passive, helpless implications of the syndrome theory and portrays these women, correctly, as survivors of life-threatening circumstances. Viewed in this light, these women's "crimes" may be considered within the realm of justified self-defense."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog description "Lisa -- Shannon -- Patricia -- Elaine -- Self-Defense and Clemency: Classifying Battered Women Who Kill -- Battered Women and the Law -- When a Woman Kills -- Self-Defense -- Clemency -- Mercy Or Equity? -- The Battered Woman Syndrome: Challenges to the Theory -- The Battered Woman -- The Battered Woman Syndrome -- The Cycle of Violence -- Learned Helplessness -- A Flawed Theory -- Alternatives to Learned Helplessness -- Self-Representations of Battered Women Who Killed -- Redefinition -- Validation of Victimization -- Victims, Again? -- From Victims to Survivors -- The Battered Woman Syndrome -- Learned Helplessness -- Why Didn't They Leave? -- Justice -- The Battered Woman Syndrome: Five Years Later -- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder -- Rates of Domestic Violence -- The Current Picture -- The Federal Response to Partner Violence -- Battered Women's Self-Defense -- Five Years Later -- The Women's Stories: Five Years Later -- Justice: Five Years Later.".
- catalog extent "xviii, 90 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "1560726180".
- catalog issued "1998".
- catalog issued "1998.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Commack, N.Y. : Kroshka Books,".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog spatial "United States.".
- catalog subject "364.15/23/0820973 21".
- catalog subject "Abused women Crimes against United States.".
- catalog subject "Abused women Legal status, laws, etc. United States.".
- catalog subject "Abusive men United States Mortality.".
- catalog subject "Battered woman syndrome United States.".
- catalog subject "HV6626.2 .B87 1998".
- catalog subject "Justifiable homicide United States.".
- catalog subject "Wife abuse United States.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Lisa -- Shannon -- Patricia -- Elaine -- Self-Defense and Clemency: Classifying Battered Women Who Kill -- Battered Women and the Law -- When a Woman Kills -- Self-Defense -- Clemency -- Mercy Or Equity? -- The Battered Woman Syndrome: Challenges to the Theory -- The Battered Woman -- The Battered Woman Syndrome -- The Cycle of Violence -- Learned Helplessness -- A Flawed Theory -- Alternatives to Learned Helplessness -- Self-Representations of Battered Women Who Killed -- Redefinition -- Validation of Victimization -- Victims, Again? -- From Victims to Survivors -- The Battered Woman Syndrome -- Learned Helplessness -- Why Didn't They Leave? -- Justice -- The Battered Woman Syndrome: Five Years Later -- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder -- Rates of Domestic Violence -- The Current Picture -- The Federal Response to Partner Violence -- Battered Women's Self-Defense -- Five Years Later -- The Women's Stories: Five Years Later -- Justice: Five Years Later.".
- catalog title "Finding their voices : listening to battered women who've killed / Amy Lou Busch.".
- catalog type "text".