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Convicted Survivors

The Imprisonment of Battered Women Who Kill

By: Elizabeth Dermody Leonard

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Convicted Survivors

The Imprisonment of Battered Women Who Kill

By: Elizabeth Dermody Leonard

When a woman survives a deadly assault by her male abuser by using lethal self-defense, she often faces a punitive criminal justice system—one that largely failed to respond to her earlier calls for help. In this book, Elizabeth Dermody Leonard examines the lives and experiences of more than forty women in California who are serving lengthy prison sentences for killing their male abusers. She contrasts them with other women prisoners in the state and finds substantial differences. Leonard's in-depth interviews reveal that the women are slow to identify themselves as battered women and continue to minimize the violence done to them, make numerous and varied attempts to end abusive relationships, and are systematically failed by the systems they look to for help. While in jail, these women receive liberal dosages of psychotropic drugs, damaging their ability to aid in their self-defense. Moreover, trials and plea bargains feature little or no evidence of the severe intimate abuse inflicted upon them. Despite a clear lack of criminal or violent histories, the majority of women found guilty of the death of abusive men receive first- or second-degree murder convictions and serve long, harsh sentences. Leonard concludes the book with a discussion of policy implications and recommendations arising from this research.

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State University of New York Press

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0791488888

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Convicted Survivors

The Imprisonment of Battered Women Who Kill

By: Elizabeth Dermody Leonard

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The Imprisonment of Battered Women Who Kill

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Defending Battered Women on Trial

Lessons from the Transcripts

By: Elizabeth A. Sheehy

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Defending Battered Women on Trial

Lessons from the Transcripts

By: Elizabeth A. Sheehy

In the landmark Lavallee decision of 1990, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled that evidence of "battered woman syndrome" was admissible in establishing self-defence for women accused of killing their abusive partners. This book looks at the trials of eleven battered women, ten of whom killed their partners, in the fifteen years since Lavallee. Drawing extensively on trial transcripts and a rich expanse of interdisciplinary sources, the author looks at the evidence produced at trial and at how self-defence was argued. By illuminating these cases, this book uncovers the practical and legal dilemmas faced by battered women on trial for murder.

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UBC Press

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0774826533

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9780774826532

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