Justifiable homicide
Subtitle: battered women, self-defense, and the law
By: Cynthia K. Gillespie.
Publisher: Ohio State University Press
Published: 1989
Place of publication: Columbus
Language: eng
Number of pages: 252
Subjects: Self-defense (Law) -- United States; Abused women -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States; Homicide -- United States
Description: Examines over 300 cases in which women have attempted to defend themselves from violent partners.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 233-243.
"A Sandstone book"--Jacket.
Includes index.