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008			110331s1997 eng
022			_a1171-042X
040			_aWSS _dAFV
100			_aMcDonald, Elisabeth _91672
245			_aDefending abused women : _bbeginning a critique of New Zealand criminal law _cMcDonald, Elisabeth
260			_c1997
365			_a00 _b0
500			_aVictoria University of Wellington Law Review 24(4) December 1997 : 673-696
520			_aThis article addresses the context of abuse in which women offend, particularly in cases where women kill their abusive partners. Legal defences that apply to male offending pertain to women also, and the author examines whether provocation, self-defence, automatism or insanity are adequate defences for women who offend as a result of violence. The article suggests that men and women have differing motivations for criminal offending, so the justice system must take account of gender, and consider the pervasive physical and psychological effects of abuse. Legal cases are used as examples to illustrate the application of different types of defence, and to highlight the lack of understanding in the court system of the dynamics of abuse in instances of homicide.
650	2	7	_aABUSED WOMEN _925
650	2	7	_aCRIMINAL LAW _9169
650	2	7	_2FVC _aDOMESTIC VIOLENCE _9203
650	2	7	_2FVC _aHOMICIDE _9297
650	2	7	_2FVC _aJUSTICE _9333
650	2	7	_2FVC _aPHYSICAL ABUSE _9439
650	2	7	_2FVC _aWOMEN _9645
650	2	7	_9431 _aINTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE _2FVC
650	2	4	_aSEXUAL VIOLENCE _9531
651		4	_aNEW ZEALAND _92588
773	0		_tVictoria University of Wellington Law Review 24(4) December 1997 : 673-696
830			_aVictoria University of Wellington Law Review _95174
942			_2ddc _cARTICLE
999			_c2288 _d2288