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dc.contributor.authorBradfield, Rebeccaen
dc.date.accessioned2022-06-30T23:19:42Z-
dc.date.available2022-06-30T23:19:42Z-
dc.date.issued1998en
dc.identifier.citation5 (1), April 1998en
dc.identifier.issn1321-8719en
dc.identifier.urihttps://anrows.intersearch.com.au/anrowsjspui/handle/1/15515-
dc.languageenen
dc.publisherAustralian Academic Press : Samford Valleyen
dc.subjectLegal issuesen
dc.subjectCriminal justice responsesen
dc.subjectHomicideen
dc.titleIs near enough good enough? Why isn't self-defence appropriate for the battered woman?en
dc.title.alternativePsychiatry, Psychology and Lawen
dc.typeJournal Articleen
dc.identifier.catalogid1863en
dc.subject.keywordnew_recorden
dc.subject.keywordNationalen
dc.subject.keywordJournal article/research paperen
dc.description.notesDiscusses the Australian courts’ application of the defences of provocation and self-defence to women who killed their violent partners. While killing in self-defence is excused and the performer is entitled to an acquittal, provocation reduces murder to manslaughter. From a research of fifty-four cases between 1979 and 1997, the author identified provocation as the preferred defence in trials where a woman was charged with the murder of her abusive partner. The cases of Robyn Kina and Cheryl Bradley are presented to reveal some of the circumstances that prevent legal representatives and judges from raising the defence of self-defence. Each element required in the law of provocation and self-defence is analysed to explain the inclination. The attitudes to domestic violence are also mentioned as a relevant factor to focus on provocation rather than on self-defence.en
dc.identifier.sourcePsychiatry, psychology, and lawen
dc.date.entered2003-04-04en
dc.publisher.placeQLDen
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