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The Battered Woman Syndrome (Springer Series: Focus on Women) by Lenore E. A. Walker is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is The Battered Woman Syndrome (Springer Series: Focus on Women) about?

With its focus on the connection between health and mental health symptoms, this seminal, groundbreaking work continues to forge new directions in the field of domestic violence. Describing a condition that is the basis for the battered woman defense--cited in cases of physically and psychologically abused women who have killed their abusers--it continues to be used as a defense to explain premeditated assault or murder. It examines new research regarding battered women and cross-cultural and cross-national issues, and includes several new chapters addressing issues ranging from murder--suicide in domestic violence cases to proposed legislation and congressional resolutions

Who reads The Battered Woman Syndrome (Springer Series: Focus on Women)?

Author

Lenore E. A. Walker

Publisher

Springer Publishing Company, Incorporated

Published

1984

Language

EN

ISBN

9780826143204

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Social Science, Psychology, Social Sciences

Updated

2026-03-24