Women murderers and victims of abuse in a southern state

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 fin...

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Authors: Grant, Bernadette (Author) ; Curry, G. David (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 1993
In: American journal of criminal justice
Year: 1993, Volume: 17, Issue: 2, Pages: 73-83
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Keywords:
Abuse Woman
Battered Woman
Social Distance
Male Partner
Criminal Justice