RT Article
T1 Women murderers and victims of abuse in a southern state
JF American journal of criminal justice
VO 17
IS 2
SP 73
OP 83
A1 Grant, Bernadette
A1 Curry, G. David
A2 Curry, G. David
LA English
YR 1993
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1764205790
AB We consider the hypothesis that abused women who kill their abusers are not socially different from other abused women. Comparing two groups of women from a Deep South state, one group incarcerated for killing their partners (n=21) and the other served by a shelter for battered women (n=273), we find mixed support for the conclusion that the two groups represent a homogeneous general population of abused women. The women incarcerated for killing their male partners appear to be more isolated from the social mainstream and in greater perceived danger than the women who used the shelter.
K1 Abuse Woman
K1 Battered Woman
K1 Social Distance
K1 Male Partner
K1 Criminal Justice
DO 10.1007/BF02885955