Battered women doing time : injustice in the criminal justice system /

When is killing an abusive partner an act of murder, and when is it self-defense? How does our criminal justice system deal with battered women who kill, and to what effect? Rachel Schneider traces the lives of women who sought clemency after being imprisoned for killing their abusers, drawing on a...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Schneider, Rachel Zimmer (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Boulder, Colorado : FirstForumPress, 2014.
Temas:
Women murderers > United States.
Abused women > United States > Psychology.
Abused women > Legal status, laws, etc. > United States.
Meurtrières > États-Unis.
Femmes victimes de violence > États-Unis > Psychologie.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Criminology.
Abused women > Legal status, laws, etc.
Abused women > Psychology
Women murderers
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:When is killing an abusive partner an act of murder, and when is it self-defense? How does our criminal justice system deal with battered women who kill, and to what effect? Rachel Schneider traces the lives of women who sought clemency after being imprisoned for killing their abusers, drawing on a series of intimate interviews to explore the circumstances leading up to the killings, the women's experiences in the courts and in prison, and the diverging paths of those whose sentences were commuted and those who will spend their lives behind bars.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (viii, 153 pages .)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:1626372926
9781626372924

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