Battered Woman Syndrome Testimony in Canada: Its Development and Lingering Issues

International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 618-629

  Tang, Kwong Leung ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Abusive relationships; Battered women; Coercive control

Indexed keywords

ABUSE; BATTERED WOMAN; CANADA; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL FACTOR; DECISION MAKING; EXPERT WITNESS; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; SELF CONTROL;

ADULT; BATTERED WOMEN; CANADA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; SPOUSE ABUSE; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 0242680308     PISSN: 0306624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0306624X03257519     Document Type: Review

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