Terrifyinglove
Subtitle: why battered women kill and how society responds
By: Lenore E. Walker..
Publisher: Harper & Row
Published: 1989
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 342
Subjects: Abused women -- UnitedStates -- Psychology.; Justifiable homicide -- United States.; Psychology, Forensic.
Description: A pioneer in the study of battered women analyzes, based on case histories, the complex forces that drive some abused women to murder and discusses the legal and emotional aftermath of the killing.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.