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Convicted survivors : the imprisonment of battered women who kill / Elizabeth Dermody Leonard.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Leonard, Elizabeth Dermody, 1948-
- Series:
- SUNY series in women, crime, and criminology
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Female offenders--California.
- Female offenders.
- Women prisoners--California.
- Women prisoners.
- Abused women--California.
- Abused women.
- Sex discrimination in criminal justice administration--California.
- Sex discrimination in criminal justice administration.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (219 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Albany : State University of New York Press, c2002.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Explores the experiences of women imprisoned for killing their male abusers and their treatment by the criminal justice system.
- Contents:
- 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
- U
- W.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780791488881
- 0791488888
- 9780585465739
- 0585465738
- OCLC:
- 61367601
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