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Encyclopedia entries related to "battered wife syndrome"

Battered Child/Spouse Syndrome
Encyclopedia entry from: West's Encyclopedia of American Law ...Although both syndromes stem from the...separately. Battered-Child Syndrome Children can...Battered-Spouse Syndrome Battered-spouse syndrome...commonly called "battered-women's syndrome...women, either wives or girlfriends...
Abuse Excuse
Encyclopedia entry from: West's Encyclopedia of American Law ...disorders, including post-traumatic stress disorder and battered woman syndrome, as causes for severe emotional instability that can...settings other than criminal defense. For instance, a wife may accuse a husband of sexual abuse during divorce...
Abuse
Encyclopedia entry from: Complete Human Diseases and Conditions ...violence Shaken baby syndrome Victimology Family violence...and therapy to help battered women learn how to overcome...families. In her work on battered wives, psychologist Lenore...helplessness. She found that battered wives who had learned...

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Battered-Truth Syndrome; Hyped Stats on Wife Abuse Only Worsen the Problem
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 7/31/1994; ; 700+ words ; ...underreporting, the true number of battered women is 60 million. No one...facts" on the number of battered women serve to fuel the claims...against women." So how many battered women are there? Murray Straus...percent of "severe violence" to wives did not cause any injury...
WITNESSES CALLED IN WIFE'S TRIAL; BATTERED WOMEN'S SYNDROME CONTENDED.(News)
Newspaper article from: Daily News (Los Angeles, CA); 12/3/1999; 700+ words ; ...appealed the rulings, claiming the testimony was necessary to support the contention that Soto suffered from battered women's syndrome. Soto claims she was frequently abused by Alba during their 15-year marriage and that he raped her mere hours...
Challenging "Battered Woman Syndrome"
Magazine article from: Literary Review of Canada; 1/1/2007; ; 700+ words ; ...Challenging "Battered Woman Syndrome" A researcher and practitioner...Lenore Walker's The Battered Woman (1979), which...practice specializing in battered women, he teaches courses...to a large extent the battered woman syndrome outlined...arrested and convicted of wife ...
WOMAN ACQUITTED IN MURDER OF ABUSER DEFENSE WAS BATTERED WOMAN SYNDROME
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 12/13/1989; ; 666 words ; ...successful use of the battered woman syndrome defense in Massachusetts...his argument that the battered woman suffers a type...testimony both from a former wife and from a former girlfriend...chairwoman of the Governor's Battered Women's Working Group...
Battered child syndrome is basis for successful clemency petitions.
Magazine article from: Trial; 4/1/1995; ; 700+ words ; ...evidence that she was a victim of battered child syndrome, according to Paul Mones, the...Actions to pardon two other battered children who are serving prison...physical and emotional abuse of his wife and two children. Whipple's...
Battered wives, battered justice. (includes related article on campus date rape)
Magazine article from: National Review; 2/25/1991; ; 700+ words ; BATTERED WIVES, BATTERED JUSTICE THE RULES of...may be changing for "battered" women who have killed...the sentences of 25 battered women who had finally...reasonable battered wife" standard--is a...from "battered-woman syndrome." Dr. Lenore Walker...
Aiko Melendez, a battered wife?
Newspaper article from: Manila Bulletin; 2/6/2004; 700+ words ; ...City) Aiko Melendez plays a battered wife in the initial episode of "Kapag...Tomorrow they will talk about the battered woman syndrome, which is the main issue affecting...relate very well to the story of a battered wife, making us wonder if she...
BATTERED WIFE IS CLEARED ACQUITTED AT TRIAL IN SPOUSE'S KILLING.(Local)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY); 1/17/1988; 700+ words ; ...childhood experience of the battered woman. He said she had an abusive...jurors that Decker suffers from battered-wife syndrome and also "severe personality...his book. Although they were battered women who also killed their mates...
Battered Wife Says She Snapped When Husband Threatened Dog
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 11/17/1994; ; 700+ words ; ...Mullen had tormented his wife, Monique, taunting...legal debate over how far battered spouses can go in striking...first-degree murder." Battered-spouse syndrome, in which an abused...saying they had been battered spouses. Yesterday...
ULSTER MEN BATTERED BY THEIR WIVES; Help group sees 3 cases a week.(News)
Newspaper article from: The People (London, England); 6/18/2000; ; 657 words ; ...is one of hundreds of men battered day and daily by their partners...It is a mirror image of the battered wives syndrome." Rarely do battered men hit back. And in a new...mentally by his 5ft battleaxe wife, admitted to a counsellor...