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Shifting the blame : how victimization became a criminal defense / Saundra Davis Westervelt.

Title
  1. Shifting the blame : how victimization became a criminal defense / Saundra Davis Westervelt.
Published by
  1. New Brunswick, NJ : Rutgers University Press, c1998.
Author
  1. Westervelt, Saundra Davis, 1968-

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Description
  1. xi, 193 p.; 23 cm.
Subject
  1. Abused women > Psychology
  2. Crime > Sociological aspects
  3. Crime Victims
  4. Victims of crimes
Contents
  1. Responsibility and the culture of victimization -- Responsibility under the law -- Deprivation, brainwashing, and battering : the beginnings of a victim-based strategy -- Extralegal factors and the success of the battered woman's self-defense strategy -- Expanding the use of the victimization defense strategy -- Moments of redefinition in law and culture.
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references (p. 169-178) and index.
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