Self-Defense and Battered Women Who Kill
Subtitle: A New Framework
Publisher: Praeger Publishers
Published: July 30, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 244
ISBN-13: 9780275967116
Subjects: Crime & criminology; Criminal law; Domestic violence; Women's studies; Social Science; Sociology; USA; Criminology; General; Social Science / Criminology; Women's Studies - General; Abused women; Justifiable homicide; Legal status, laws, etc; Legal status, laws, etc.; Self-defense (Law); United States
First sentence: Since this book provides a new theoretical perspective on battering and its escalation to homicide, it seems reasonable to begin with a brief discussion of our view on theory and how it is developed.