Convicted survivors : the imprisonment of battered women who kill /

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Author / Creator:	Leonard, Elizabeth Dermody, 1948-
Imprint:	Albany : State University of New York Press, ©2002.
Description:	1 online resource (xvi, 202 pages)
Language:	English
Series:	SUNY series in women, crime, and criminology SUNY series in women, crime, and criminology.
Subject:	Female offenders -- California. Women prisoners -- California. Abused women -- California. Sex discrimination in criminal justice administration -- California. Abused women. Female offenders. Sex discrimination in criminal justice administration. Women prisoners. California. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11126429

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ISBN:	0585465738 9780585465739 0791453278 9780791453278 0791453286 9780791453285 9780791488881 0791488888
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. English. Print version record.
Other form:	Print version: Leonard, Elizabeth Dermody, 1948- Convicted survivors. Albany : State University of New York Press, ©2002 0791453278

Table of Contents:

List of Tables
Foreword
Acknowledgments
Part I.
Chapter 1.. Introduction
Chapter 2.. Battered Women Who Kill and the Criminal Justice System: A Review of the Literature
Chapter 3.. Explaining Intimate Violence: Theoretical and Methodological Framework
Chapter 4.. Study Format and Design
Chapter 5.. A Profile of Convicted Survivors
Part II. Narratives of Personal Experiences: An Introduction
Chapter 6.. Minimizing and Forgetting Violence
Chapter 7.. Self-Identifying as a Battered Woman
Chapter 8.. Police Involvement
Calling 911
Barriers to Calling 911
Chapter 9.. Coercive Drugging
Chapter 10.. Adjudication Processes
Chapter 11.. Conclusion and Policy Implications
Chapter 12.. Portraits
Appendix A. Informed Consent Statements
Appendix B. Survey Questionnaires
Appendix C. Interview Guide
Notes
References
Author Index
Subject Index

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