Convicted survivors [[electronic resource] ] : the imprisonment of battered women who kill / / Elizabeth Dermody Leonard
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| Autore: |
Leonard Elizabeth Dermody <1948->
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| Titolo: |
Convicted survivors [[electronic resource] ] : the imprisonment of battered women who kill / / Elizabeth Dermody Leonard
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| Pubblicazione: | Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2002 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (219 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 364.3/74/09794 |
| Soggetto topico: | Female offenders - California |
| Women prisoners - California | |
| Abused women - California | |
| Sex discrimination in criminal justice administration - California | |
| Note generali: | Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Intro -- Convicted Survivors -- Contents -- List of Tables -- Foreword by Dr. Nancy K.D. Lemon, Esq. -- Acknowledgments -- Part I -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Battered Women Who Kill and the Criminal Justice System: A Review of the Literature -- 3. Explaining Intimate Violence: Theoretical and Methodological Framework -- 4. Study Format and Design -- 5. A Profile of Convicted Survivors -- Part II: Narratives of Personal Experiences: An Introduction -- 6. Minimizing and Forgetting Violence -- 7. Self-Identifying as a Battered Woman -- 8. Police Involvement -- CALLING 911 -- BARRIERS TO CALLING 911 -- 9. Coercive Drugging -- 10. Adjudication Processes -- 11. Conclusion and Policy Implications -- 12. Portraits -- Appendix A: Informed Consent Statement -- Appendix B: Survey Questionnaires -- Appendix C: Interview Guide -- Notes -- Chapter Two. Battered Women Who Kill and the Criminal Justice System -- Chapter Five. A Profile of Convicted Survivors -- Chapter Nine. Coercive Drugging -- Chapter Eleven. Conclusion and Policy Implications -- References -- Author Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- Y -- Z -- Subject Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Explores the experiences of women imprisoned for killing their male abusers and their treatment by the criminal justice system. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Convicted survivors |
| ISBN: | 0-7914-8888-8 |
| 0-585-46573-8 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910807431803321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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