TY  - SER
AU  - Nash, Caitlin
AU  - Dioso-Villa, Rachel
TI  - Australia's divergent legal responses to women who kill their abusive partners
PY  - 2024///
PB  - Sage
KW  - ABUSED WOMEN
KW  - ATTITUDES
KW  - CRIMINAL JUSTICE
KW  - DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
KW  - HOMICIDE
KW  - INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE
KW  - LAW REFORM
KW  - LEGAL PROFESSION
KW  - SENTENCING
KW  - WOMEN'S USE OF VIOLENCE
KW  - INTERNATIONAL
KW  - AUSTRALIA
N1  - Violence Against Women, 2024, 30(9): 2275-2301
N2  - 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
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1177/10778012231156154
ER  -