Convicted survivors : the imprisonment of battered women who kill /
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| Author / Creator: | Leonard, Elizabeth Dermody, 1948- |
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| Imprint: | Albany : State University of New York Press, c2002. |
| Description: | xvi, 202 p. ; 23 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | SUNY series in women, crime, and criminology |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4652227 |
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
