Australia's divergent legal responses to women who kill their abusive partners
Nash, Caitlin
Australia's divergent legal responses to women who kill their abusive partners Caitlin Nash and Rachel Dioso-Villa - Sage, 2024 - Violence Against Women .
Violence Against Women, 2024, 30(9): 2275-2301
Concerns over the legal treatment of women who kill in response to domestic abuse have driven several jurisdictions to reform their homicide laws in recent years. This article examines how abused women are currently treated within the Australian legal system by analyzing homicide cases involving women prosecuted for killing an abusive partner in Australia from 2010 to 2020. The findings reveal the limitations of legal reforms to improve access to justice for abused women. Instead, there needs to be an increased focus toward pre-trial stages of criminal proceedings and to address persistent misconceptions and stereotypes associated with domestic abuse. (Author's abstract). Record #8738
ABUSED WOMEN
ATTITUDES
CRIMINAL JUSTICE
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
HOMICIDE
INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE
LAW REFORM
LEGAL PROFESSION
SENTENCING
WOMEN'S USE OF VIOLENCE
INTERNATIONAL
AUSTRALIA
Australia's divergent legal responses to women who kill their abusive partners Caitlin Nash and Rachel Dioso-Villa - Sage, 2024 - Violence Against Women .
Violence Against Women, 2024, 30(9): 2275-2301
Concerns over the legal treatment of women who kill in response to domestic abuse have driven several jurisdictions to reform their homicide laws in recent years. This article examines how abused women are currently treated within the Australian legal system by analyzing homicide cases involving women prosecuted for killing an abusive partner in Australia from 2010 to 2020. The findings reveal the limitations of legal reforms to improve access to justice for abused women. Instead, there needs to be an increased focus toward pre-trial stages of criminal proceedings and to address persistent misconceptions and stereotypes associated with domestic abuse. (Author's abstract). Record #8738
ABUSED WOMEN
ATTITUDES
CRIMINAL JUSTICE
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
HOMICIDE
INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE
LAW REFORM
LEGAL PROFESSION
SENTENCING
WOMEN'S USE OF VIOLENCE
INTERNATIONAL
AUSTRALIA