Attitudes toward battered women who kill: Defendant typicality and judgments of culpability

Criminal Justice and Behavior

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 219-241

  Russell, Brenda L ^a   Melillo, Linda S ^a  

^a Castleton State College   (United States)

Author keywords

Battered woman's syndrome; Jury decision making; Prototypes; Self defense

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644610889     PISSN: 00938548     EISSN: 15523594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0093854805284412     Document Type: Article

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