TY  - SER
AU  - Midson, Brenda
TI  - Coercive control and criminal responsibility : : victims who kill their abusers
PY  - 2016///
PB  - Springer, 
KW  - ABUSED WOMEN
KW  - COERCIVE CONTROL
KW  - CRIMINAL JUSTICE
KW  - DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
KW  - HOMICIDE
KW  - INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE
KW  - LAW REFORM
KW  - PERPETRATORS
KW  - VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
KW  - WOMEN'S USE OF VIOLENCE
KW  - NEW ZEALAND
KW  - AUSTRALIA
KW  - CANADA
KW  - SOUTH AFRICA
N1  - Criminal Law Forum, 2016, 27: 417–442
N2  - ‘‘Battered women’’[1] as defendants pose a universal problem for legal systems.[2] However, unlike English law which retains the defence of provocation alongside diminished responsibility, New Zealand’s legal regime does not have sufficient flexibility to deal with the culpability of these defendants. Arguably other jurisdictions have similar problems, although there is data to suggest that the New Zealand criminal justice system’s response to these defendants is more punitive than, for example, Australia’s or Canada’s.[3] This article suggests an approach that moves away from a focus on the violence perpetrated against defendants toward a holistic approach that focuses on coercive control as it affects criminal responsibility. While the emphasis of
this article is on the New Zealand position, where relevant it will reference Australian, Canadian and South African authorities as the article ultimately proposes a framework that could be adapted for use in other jurisdictions as well as New Zealand. (Author's abstract). #6555
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1007/s10609-016-9292-5
ER  -