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More Than Victims - Battered Women, the Syndrome Society, and the Law (Paperback) Loot Price: R1,103
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More Than Victims - Battered Women, the Syndrome Society, and the Law (Paperback): Donald Alexander Downs

More Than Victims - Battered Women, the Syndrome Society, and the Law (Paperback)

Donald Alexander Downs

Series: Morality and Society Series

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Donald Downs offers an analysis of the injustices behind the logic of battered woman syndrome, concluding that this very logic harms those it is trying to protect. The text argues that battered women often adopt heroic means of survival, retaining accurate, reasoned perceptions concerning the actions and intentions of their abusers, and to portray battered women as lacking reason and will undermines otherwise valid self-defence claims and hurts women more generally. Also explored in the work is the "Syndrome Society" more generally. The author asserts that justice can be achieved without stripping victims of reason and reponsibility - the very attributes that make citizenship possible.

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Imprint: University of Chicago Press
Country of origin: United States
Series: Morality and Society Series
Release date: October 1998
First published: October 1998
Authors: Donald Alexander Downs
Dimensions: 23 x 15 x 2mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 317
ISBN-13: 978-0-226-16160-0
Categories: Books > Law > Laws of other jurisdictions & general law > Criminal law
Books > Law > Laws of other jurisdictions & general law > Courts & procedure > General
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > Women's studies > General
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > Violence in society > Domestic violence
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LSN: 0-226-16160-9
Barcode: 9780226161600

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