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Stubbs, Julie. "Battered Woman Syndrome." Current Issues in Criminal Justice 3, no. 2 (November 1991): 267–70. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10345329.1991.12036525.

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Phillips, Samantha M. "Pathfinder on Battered Women and Battered Woman Syndrome." Legal Reference Services Quarterly 10, no. 3 (December 5, 1990): 67–114. http://dx.doi.org/10.1300/j113v10n03_05.

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Hurwitz, Arlene, and Lenore E. Walker. "The Battered Woman Syndrome." American Journal of Nursing 85, no. 5 (May 1985): 616. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/3425252.

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HURWITA, ARLENE. "The Battered Woman Syndrome." AJN, American Journal of Nursing 85, no. 5 (May 1985): 616. http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/00000446-198505000-00035.

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Leslie, Leigh A., and L. E. Walker. "The Battered Woman Syndrome." Family Relations 35, no. 3 (July 1986): 453. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/584377.

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Quina, Kathryn. "The Battered Woman Syndrome." Psychology of Women Quarterly 9, no. 3 (September 1985): 426. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/036168438500900301.

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Deb, A. "Battered Woman Syndrome: Prospect of Situating It Within Criminal Law in India." BRICS Law Journal 8, no. 4 (December 6, 2021): 103–35. http://dx.doi.org/10.21684/2412-2343-2021-8-4-103-135.

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In patriarchal cultures, like the one prevalent in India, rigid, polarised and hierarchical gender roles work to establish a strong normative relationship between gender and the treatment of offenders committing violent crimes such as homicide. While most of the common law countries have already undergone a social change towards making their criminal laws more gender-sensitive by accommodating the experiences of battered women, the situation in India is quite different. Indian courts have recognised Battered Woman Syndrome very recently in only three cases, much differently than courts in other jurisdictions. While in other countries, Battered Woman Syndrome has been adduced by the advocates of battered women to support defence pleas, Indian Courts have resorted to it only to explain the effects of a battering relationship. The fact that Battered Woman Syndrome has only been recognised in such a small number of cases and the lack of scholarship in this particular area clearly resonates the resistance of the Indian criminal law towards women’s accounts of their experiences. Drawing on the example of the three cases, the author makes an attempt to put forth feminist legal arguments and offer a fresh perspective on the possibility of using Battered Woman Syndrome as a defence to address the concerns of battered women who end the cycle of violence by ending the lives of the abuser in a “kill or be killed” situation. Since Battered Woman Syndrome as a subject has been extensively researched in other common law countries, the present study limits itself to the Indian jurisdiction only. This paper also challenges the effectiveness of the existing defences under the Indian Penal Code, 1860 in accommodating the cases of battered women, and highlights the need for the introduction of a new justificatory defence as a plausible solution.
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Ho, Robert Tack Kwei, and Natalie Chantagul. "An exploration of Thai public perceptions of defenses in cases of women who kill their domestically violent spouses." Australian & New Zealand Journal of Criminology 50, no. 4 (September 12, 2016): 602–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0004865816668222.

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The present study investigated the issue of domestic violence in Thailand and in particular the reactions of the Thai populace (male versus female) to a battered woman who killed her abusive spouse, as well as how such reactions could be influenced by the presentation of expert testimony related to the battered woman syndrome. Cluster sampling conducted within the Bangkok metropolitan area in Thailand yielded a sample of 1190 participants who voluntarily filled in the study’s questionnaire. Multi-group path analysis showed no significant gender difference in the direct influence of battered woman syndrome information on the verdict/judgment rendered and suggests that the provision of such information in spousal homicide trials within the Thai context may not be efficacious in influencing the participants’ verdict judgments. Results however did indicate an indirect effect of the battered woman syndrome information on the verdict/judgment rendered being mediated by the defense strategy of self-defense. This finding indicated that the battered woman syndrome information presented aided the participants in contextualizing the defendant’s killing in a frame of self-defense, rather than inappropriately applying a form of “reasonableness” in their verdict/judgment. These findings are discussed in relation to their implications for the presentation of battered woman syndrome information in trials of Thai battered women who killed their abusive spouses.
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WALKER, L. E. A. "Battered Woman Syndrome: Empirical Findings." Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 1087, no. 1 (November 1, 2006): 142–57. http://dx.doi.org/10.1196/annals.1385.023.

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Regehr, Cheryl, and Graham Glancy. "Battered Woman Syndrome Defense in Canadian Courts." Canadian Journal of Psychiatry 40, no. 3 (April 1995): 130–35. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/070674379504000304.

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As a result of a 1990 Supreme Court of Canada decision, battered woman syndrome defense is now accepted as a legitimate extension of self-defense in Canadian courts. This defense hinges on the expert testimony that a battered woman who is accused of murder or aggravated assault suffers from the psychological sequelae of abuse and that this psychological distress contributes to her apprehension of danger and ultimately her apprehension of death during a particular battering episode. The authors present a brief overview of the history of battered woman syndrome defense, the role of the expert in assessing the applicability of this defense in any particular situation, and the pitfalls of using battered woman syndrome defense.
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Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Battered woman syndrome"

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Maki, Susan. "Sociocultural and psychosocial an examination of two perspectives on the chronic battered woman phenomenon /." Online version, 1998. http://www.uwstout.edu/lib/thesis/1998/1998makis.pdf.

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Casey, Juliette. "Legal defences for battered women who kill : the battered woman syndrome, expert testimony and law reform." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 1999. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.524675.

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Law's representation of women has long been a source of debate among feminists. In this thesis, I engage with this debate on a number of different levels specifically in the context of battered women who kill. Although three defences are commonly canvassed, self defence, provocation and diminished responsibility, I limit my proposal for reform to the defence of provocation. My particular proposal involves looking at the possibility of combining expert testimony on the battered woman syndrome with the substantive elements ofthat defence in Britain. In part one I begin by setting the defence of provocation in its proper doctrinal framework. Thus, in the introduction I argue that provocation is properly conceptualised as a partial excuse. Using Fletcher's theory of the individualisation of excusing conditions, I highlight the limitations of the reasonable man standard which represents the greatest obstacle at the level of the substantive law for battered women who plead provocation. The tension arises out of, on the one hand, the use of an abstract standard and, on the other, the need to include and give proper recognition to individual experiences. I build on this foundation in chapter one where I look at all ofthe problematic elements of the defence through the lens of advocates practising at the Bar in Scotland. Here I pay particular attention to advocates' attitudes towards using battered woman syndrome evidence in conjunction with provocation. In chapter two I go on to set these problems in the context of a wider feminist critique ofthe reasons for the lack of fit between law and the experiences of women generally. Negatively, feminists attack law's claim to universality and they locate bias at both the level of law's content and form. Positively, they argue that the experiences of women can only be represented properly once law takes account ofthe complexity ofwomen's subjectivity. Here I will focus on one way of describing this complexity; separation and connection. I also explore one formative influence on the doctrine of provocation, that of the man of honour, and I highlight some of the code's possibilities for battered women who kill. The next section comprises three chapters and entails a comparative analysis of the substantive law in England and Scotland on each of the three defences. I go on to suggest that the key difference between how self defence, but more importantly provocation, operates in the two jurisdictions lies in the greater potential for an individualised approach to the reasonableness requirement under English law. In the [mal section I begin in chapter six by describing how the syndrome has been used in other jurisdictions and, drawing on these experiences, I suggest how battered woman syndrome expert testimony could be used to help reinterpret the defence of provocation in Britain in a way which would help overcome many of the problems posed by the reasonableness standard. I argue that the correct classification for the syndrome is as a form of post traumatic stress disorder. Thus, conceptualised, the emphasis is placed on the abnormal nature of the stressor which corresponds with the experiences of battered women who are, most commonly, normal women placed in abnormal circumstances of violence. Finally, in chapter seven I shift the emphasis from the substantive to the evidential. Although the solution, which I explore, comes in the form of evidence, the system of evidence, acts to bar its admission. Chapter seven, therefore, focuses on two rules; the ultimate issue rule but more controversially, the knowledge and experience rule. This rule makes the admissibility of evidence on the battered woman syndrome conditional on the jury's lack of knowledge and experience. Here again, feminist criticisms expose the extent to which the experiences of battered women who kill are excluded by law as well as the reality of the extent of the jury's misunderstanding. These criticisms are not as well developed as criticisms of the reasonable man but feminists are beginning to highlight the need to open up this rule to embrace the range and diversity of women's experiences. Although the use of expert testimony on the battered woman syndrome is by no means a widely accepted reform measure I intend here to present a case for its adoption.
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Nathan, Aleah Leann. "The Power of Love: Attachment Style in the Battered Woman Syndrome." NSUWorks, 2011. http://nsuworks.nova.edu/cps_stuetd/56.

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One of the most debated constituents of intimate partner violence pertains to attachment theory. Although, attachment theory can provide a theoretical framework for understanding the linkage between childhood family experiences and subsequent experiences with partner violence, there are controversial perspectives as to whether attachment style is stable from childhood to adulthood (Bowlby, 1973, 1980, 1982) or if attachment style can be formulated directly from adult abusive relationships (Caspi & Elder, 1988; Ricks, 1985). Therefore, the purpose of this research was to explore how attachment style presents in the Battered Woman Syndrome, determine if the battered woman's attachment style is consistent throughout childhood to adulthood or if it is manifested due to intimate partner violence exposure as well as to determine how attachment style is manifested in interpersonal functioning and perceived power and control. The theory of learned helplessness (Seligman, 1975) was used as a conceptual model for understanding why battered women remain in abusive relationships. There were 137 female sample participants who reported a history of domestic violence. Measures administered included the Battered Woman Syndrome Questionnaire (BWSQ, Walker, 1978) that assessed childhood history, interpersonal functioning and power and control and the Revised Adult Attachment Scale (Collins and Read, 1996) that assessed the participant's attachment style. Statistical techniques employed included latent class analysis, one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) and logistic regression. Results indicated that aversive childhood environment (as measured primarily by childhood battering variables) and involvement in adulthood abusive relationships were significantly related to childhood environment and involvement in adulthood abusive relationships. Across all five adulthood battering episodes there were significant overall effects of attachment style on sexual abuse scores. Results also confirmed the hypotheses that insecurely attached participants were more likely to report more interpersonal functioning difficulties and lower perceived power and control when compared to secure participants. Implications for future research are also presented.
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Yu, Zhu Yun. "The application of restorative justice on the 'battered woman syndrome' cases." Thesis, University of Macau, 2018. http://umaclib3.umac.mo/record=b3953609.

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Shannon, Clare E. "Does expert evidence pertaining to battered woman syndrome influence juror verdicts?" Thesis, Edith Cowan University, Research Online, Perth, Western Australia, 1999. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/1270.

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This research investigated whether expert evidence pertaining to Battered Woman Syndrome (BWS) influences juror verdicts the legal requirements of self defence (imminence, proportionality and an attempt to retreat from the situation) are generally not met in cases where battered women kill their partner: The killings do not immediately follow the attack, the force used is not proportionate to the attack and there is often no previous attempt to retreat from the situation. BWS expert psychological evidence has been admitted by Australian Courts to provide jurors with an alternative perspective for determining whether a woman's actions were reasonable in the given context. It is unclear whether the admission of such “myth-dispelling" evidence is necessary. A written summary of a trial transcript was given to 160 participants (80 male and 80 female), each of whom contributed to one of sixteen conditions in a 2x4x2 design. The critical manipulations were as follows: the presence I absence of a defence I prosecution expert; whether or not the defendant had previously left the relationship; and sex of participant. The findings provide some suggestion that expert evidence about BWS does not significantly impact on verdict, although its effect may differ for males and females.
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Shaba, Flora. "Critical analysis of expert evidence used in support of the battered woman syndrome defence." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/31640.

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The South Africa criminal law allows the battered woman to raise a battered woman syndrome defence in the context of non-pathological criminal incapacity. However, there is a need of expert evidence to support such defence for it to succeed in the court of law. Hence, this paper scrutinizes the task of expert evidence in support of the battered woman syndrome in order to reach the extent of its effectiveness. Nevertheless, such evidence is not indispensable but without it, the court hardly gets persuaded resulting into the failure of the defence. The meaning of battered woman syndrome is articulated in the paper as well as the fact that battered woman syndrome defence falls under the defence of non-pathological criminal incapacity. The origin and development of the non-pathological criminal incapacity has also been discussed by comparing it with pathological criminal incapacity which emanates from mental illness while the former does not originate from a mental illness. Psychiatrist are in a better position to understand the latter while psychologists are in a better position to understand the former, hence it is advisable if the court pays more attention or attach more weight to the evidence given by the psychologists if this defence is to succeed and have a brilliant future. Moreover, the possible defences available to the battered woman have been mentioned as well as the cases that used non-pathological criminal incapacity as a defence particularly with regard to the battered woman syndrome defence. Both cases that were successful and unsuccessful have been elaborated. However, the cases that failed with the defence are in large numbers than the successful ones. Although expert evidence is essential to support the battered woman syndrome defence, it is unjustly and unfairly applied on the battered woman who is an accused person in the court leading to the failure of the defence .In short the use of expert evidence has failed in its application as the two professions, law and medicine has failed to make this defence work as they have not reached an agreement concerning the battered woman syndrome defence. In addition, the paper looks at the obstacles linked with the battered woman syndrome defence as well as offering suggestions to be put in place in order to make the use of expert evidence achievable. This can only be done if both the lawyers and mental health professionals come to terms with each other where they are able to understand the battered woman syndrome and the actions which led to the situation where battered woman finds herself as an accused person. Finally, the paper concludes that expert evidence has failed tremendously in its application leading to the failure of the battered woman syndrome defence in the context of non-pathological criminal incapacity. Consequently a lot still needs to be done to protect the women who face numerous obstacles; both personal and legal as they do not face justice in court and everyone must take part to put an end to battering of women which is inhuman and morally wrong.
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Andreozzi, Stern Lucille L. "The pros and cons of the learned helplessness construct and the battered woman syndrome : a critical analysis and possible reformulation /." View online ; access limited to URI, 2004. http://0-wwwlib.umi.com.helin.uri.edu/dissertations/dlnow/3135917.

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Panet-Raymond, Louise. "Toward a reconceptualization of battered women : appealing to partial agency." Thesis, McGill University, 2003. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=78223.

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Despite growing awareness of the severity of domestic violence, the lives of battered women are too often misconstrued by the Canadian public and the judicial system. The author argues that stereotypes of victimized battered women emanating from the courts and feminist theory may both prevent women who kill their partner from making valid claims of self-defence and generally undermine women's fight against oppression. The author reviews the doctrine of the battered woman syndrome and its application in the context of self-defence to illustrate how the courts' treatment of the doctrine conveys a narrow and incomplete depiction of battered women. An alternative theoretical framework based on battered women's partial agency is proposed as a means to address feminist theory's simplified representation of battered women. Various law and policy reform initiatives in the criminal justice system are explored to assess how the law may validate and promote battered women's partial agency.
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Rossiter, Katherine R. "Claims-making about the battered woman syndrome in expert testimony and news media: The case of R v Getkate." Thesis, University of Ottawa (Canada), 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/27024.

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This study examines claims-making about the Battered Woman Syndrome (BWS) in the case of Lilian Getkate, who used the syndrome to substantiate a claim of self-defence after killing her abusive husband. The research is guided by the social constructionist perspective and employs content analysis to determine what claims are made in expert testimony and news media about the BWS. It examines how this construct is linked to the defendant and what claims are made about the criminal justice system's response to intimate partner violence and homicide. This research also considers the claims-makers themselves and claims regarding their expertise. Findings from this in-depth case study reveal the importance of expertise and credentials in claims-making and suggest that claims about the BWS, its relation to the defendant, and the law's response are constructed in similar ways in expert testimony and news media, though much more developed in the former.
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Nikoo, Shahrzad. "Abused Women Who Kill: Juror Perspectives on Self-Defense Theories." Scholarship @ Claremont, 2012. http://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_theses/316.

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In self-defense cases of battered women who kill their abusive husbands, defendants have used Battered Woman Syndrome (BWS) expert testimony to help justify their acts of self-defense. However, past research demonstrates that BWS is ineffective in persuading jurors because it pathologizes the defendant rather than rationalizing her behavior. Additionally, BWS highlights passive (i.e., stereotypical) features of a battered woman, and such testimony may not apply to a defendant with active (i.e., atypical) features of a battered women. The current study hypothesized that another type of expert testimony, Social-Agency Framework (SAF), will persuade jurors to render more lenient verdicts, and that the defendant’s passive or active response history will affect verdict decisions. Additionally, a meditational model predicted that the effect of mock jurors’ gender on verdict decisions will be mediated by their attitudes toward battered women. In a 3(expert testimony: BWS vs. SAF vs. control) x 2(response history: passive vs. active) x 2(gender: male vs. female) model, jury-eligible participants (expected N = 510) recruited from the website mTurk answered a survey measuring their attitudes toward battered women, read a mock trial transcript, and rendered a verdict. The results indicated non-significant findings for the effects of expert testimony and response history on verdict outcomes. A full mediation was found, indicating that gender acted as a proxy for jurors’ attitudes, influencing their verdict decisions. This study has strong legal implications that highlight the prevailing effect of attitudes and how those attitudes may override the effects of expert testimony and defendant response history.
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Books on the topic "Battered woman syndrome"

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Walker, Lenore E. The battered woman syndrome. 3rd ed. New York: Springer Pub. Co., 2009.

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National Clearinghouse for the Defense of Battered Women. Annotated bibliography [related to the defense of battered women and the Battered Woman Syndrome]. [Philadelphia: s.n., 1991.

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Benoit, Jurdane O. An analysis of battered woman syndrome and its implications. [San Diego, California]: National University, 2014.

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Jose?, Diaz-Balart, CBS News, and Films for the Humanities (Firm), eds. Battered women: Under siege. Princeton, N.J: Films for the Humanities & Sciences, 2003.

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Comack, Elizabeth. Feminist engagement with the law: The legal recognition of the battered woman syndrome. Ottawa: CRIAW, 1993.

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More than victims: Battered women, the syndrome society, and the law. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1996.

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Commission, New Zealand Law, ed. Battered defendants: Victims of domestic violence who offend : a discussion paper. Wellington: The Commission, 2000.

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A, McCloskey Kathy, and Sitaker Marilyn, eds. Backs against the wall: Battered women's resistance strategies. Binghamton, NY: Haworth Maltreatment & Trauma Press, 2007.

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Shelly, Jackson, and National Institute of Justice (U.S.), eds. The Causes of Domestic Violence: Where do we go from here? Washington, DC: U.S. Dept. of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, National Institute of Justice, 2003.

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Women, National Clearinghouse for the Defense of Battered. Annotated bibliography. [Philadelphia, PA]: The Clearinghouse, 1991.

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Book chapters on the topic "Battered woman syndrome"

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Maksimova, Elena, and Olga Koshevaliska. "Battered Woman Syndrome in Female Perpetrators in the Republic of North Macedonia." In The Handbook on Female Criminality in the Former Yugoslav Countries, 133–62. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-27628-6_5.

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Scholz, Sally J. "Moral Implications of the Battered Woman Syndrome." In The Paideia Archive: Twentieth World Congress of Philosophy, 134–39. Philosophy Documentation Center, 1998. http://dx.doi.org/10.5840/wcp20-paideia199842786.

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The Battered Woman Syndrome, like the Cycle Theory of Violence, helps to illuminate the situation of the person victimized by domestic violence. However, it may also contribute to the violence of the battering situation. In this paper, I explore some of the implications of the Battered Woman Syndrome for domestic violence cases wherein an abused woman kills her abuser. I begin by delineating some of the circumstances of a domestic violence situation. I then discuss the particular moral issue of subjectivity or moral personhood involved in instances wherein a woman victimized by domestic violence responds by killing her batterer. Finally, I argue that the Battered Woman Syndrome and similar alternatives to or qualifications of self-defense are problematic because they strip a woman of her moral subjectivity. I conclude with a brief articulation of a proposal for reform of the criminal justice system specifically aimed at cases wherein there has been a long history of abuse or violence. This reform is unique because it does not rely on a separate standard of reasonableness particular to battered women, but arises out of consideration of the moral implications of legal proceedings involving domestic violence.
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Kromsky, Debra F., and Brian L. Cutler. "The Admissibility of Expert Testimony on the Battered-Woman Syndrome." In Abused Battered, 101–9. Routledge, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781315083131-10.

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Mechanic, Mindy B. "Battered Women, Homicide, and the Legal System." In Helping Battered Women, 132–56. Oxford University PressNew York, NY, 1996. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780195095876.003.0009.

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Abstract In recent years, expert testimony on the battered woman syndrome, or BWS, (Walker, 1979, 1984b) has been offered to support self-defense claims made by battered women charged with the homicide of their abusers (Blackman, 1986; Ewing, 1987; Kinports, 1988; Walker, 1984b; Schneider, 1986). The aim of expert testimony in battered women’s homicide cases is to provide the jury with information about the nature of violent relationships and the psychological consequences resulting from repeated abuse. Specifically, expert testimony on battered woman syndrome is used to explain to the judge or jury how the experience of repeated abuse shaped a battered woman’s perceptions and judgments, leading to her belief that she was at risk of imminent death or bodily injury (one of the requirements for self-defense), even though she might have committed the homicide at a time other than in the midst of a battering incident. The general purpose of expert testimony is to give jurors a cognitive schema or social framework (Walker & Monahan, 1987) within which complex and unfamiliar information can be organized, thereby placing the defendant’s case within a larger theoretical framework (Blackman & Brickman, 1984).
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Greenspan, Michael. "Diminished Capacity." In Landmark Cases in Forensic Psychiatry, edited by Merrill Rotter, Jeremy Colley, and Heather Ellis Cucolo, 173–76. Oxford University Press, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/med/9780190914424.003.0024.

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Chapter 24 describes cases that have played an important role in establishing reduced culpability by criminal defendants. People v. Patterson involves mitigation defense called Extreme Emotional Distress (EED), Ibn-Tamas v. U.S. involves evidence of Battered Woman Syndrome to reduce culpability, and the final two cases, People v. Saille and Montana v. Egelhoff involve voluntary intoxication.
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Greenspan, Michael. "Diminished Capacity." In Landmark Cases in Forensic Psychiatry, 141–43. Oxford University Press, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/med/9780199344659.003.0024.

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Chapter 24 describes cases that have played an important role in establishing reduced culpability by criminal defendants. People v. Patterson involves a mitigation defense called extreme emotional distress (EED); Ibn-Tamas v. U.S. involves evidence of battered woman syndrome to reduce culpability; and the final two cases, People v. Saille and Montana v. Egelhoff, involve voluntary intoxication.
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Naigaga, Winfred Kyobiika. "Gender and Access to Justice and Uganda's Criminal Justice System." In Comparative Criminology Across Western and African Perspectives, 232–57. IGI Global, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-2856-3.ch013.

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Using Uganda as a case study, this chapter discusses culture and its contribution to poverty, illiteracy, restricted movement, silence syndrome, and gender biases and stereotypes in the legal and institutional framework as barriers and obstacles to access to justice. The chapter also discusses significant strides in legislation and judicial activism on topics such as specialized courts, domestic violence, community service, marital rape, and the battered woman syndrome among others in a bid to foster access to justice. However, a glaring need to repeal gender-biased laws and carry out continued education and sensitization to raise awareness against gender discrimination is also noted. The chapter seeks to raise awareness of the obstacles and barriers that women and men face along gender lines while navigating the criminal justice system.
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Naples, Nancy A. "Materialist Feminist Discourse Analysis and Social Movement Research: Mapping the Changing Context for “Community Control”." In Social Movements, 226–46. Oxford University PressNew York, NY, 2002. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780195143553.003.0016.

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Abstract How do progressive frames achieve wide acceptance and become institutionalized in social practices but lose their critical feminist or progressive intent? Examples of this process can be found throughout feminist praxis, from the transformation of “battered women” into the “battered woman syndrome” to the depoliticization of “sexual harassment” (e.g., Loseke 1992; Walker 1994). My goal in this chapter is to demonstrate the value of a materialist feminist discourse analysis for explicating how social movement frames gain wide appeal but, over time, can lose the progressive formulation that incited their production or can even be used to counter progressive goals. I incorporate discursive, cultural, and structural factors in social movement research (see, e.g., Gamson 1988; McCarthy 1994; Taylor and Whittier 1995: 185; Steinberg 1999b). A materialist feminist approach focuses on the social and political context, subject positions, and power relations through which social movement frames are generated, circulated, and then reinscribed within different discursive and institutional practices (e.g., Landry and Maclean 1993; Ramazanoglu 1993), as well as the shifting discursive fields surrounding the production of specific movement frames (also see Donati 1992).
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Russell, Brenda, and Blake McKimmie. "Jury Decision-Making." In Gender and Domestic Violence, edited by Brenda Russell and John Hamel, 165–204. Oxford University Press, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/med-psych/9780197564028.003.0007.

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Jurors bring their previous knowledge, experience, and stereotypes with them into the courtroom. The gendered nature of intimate partner violence (IPV) can lead to assumptions and stereotypes (often unconsciously) that lead to differential treatment of others who may not fit the stereotype of a victim of IPV. This chapter addresses the potential for inherent bias in jury decision-making and provides insight into how jurors make decisions; it provides an in-depth review of empirical research on jury decision-making in cases of assault, self-defense, and intimate partner homicide. Topics include defendant typicality/atypicality, various forms and motivations for IPV, battered woman syndrome stereotypes, juror gender, and the use of expert testimony. We conclude with ways to reduce potential bias and areas of future research.
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"Battered Woman Syndrome: Shifting the Parameters of Criminal Law Defences (or (Re)Inscribing the Familiar?) (Sheila Noonan)." In Feminist Perspectives on The Foundational Subjects of Law, 201–17. Routledge-Cavendish, 1996. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781843142706-14.

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