Domestic Violence and Spousal Homicide
The Admissibility of Expert Witness Testimony in Trials of Battered Women Who Kill their Abusive Spouses ⋆
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12517226 |
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| Authors | Robert Ho (Central Queensland University, corresponding author), Marilyn Venus (Centacare, Cairns) |
| Year | 1995 |
| Volume | 1 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 24-32 |
| Publication date | 1995-04-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Family Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1322-9400 • E-ISSN: 1839-3543 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.5172/jfs.1.1.24 |
| OpenAlex | W2133312760 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 1 |
This article presents a review of the problem of domestic violence in Australia and, in particular, focuses on battered women who kill their abusive spouses. The experience of domestic violence is described in terms of the “cycle of violence” which appears to operate in abusive relationships. Four precipitating circumstances are discussed to further describe underlying psychological processes. Argument is advanced for the admissibility of expert witness testimony to trials of battered women who kill, as a means of providing insights and explanations not otherwise likely to be available in such cases
Abusive relationship · Argument (complex analysis · Criminology · Cycle of violence · Domestic violence · Expert witness · Homicide · Intimate partner · Medical emergency · Poison control · Political science · Sociology · Suicide prevention · Witness · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health · Homicide, Infanticide, and Child Abuse · Intimate Partner and Family Violence · Law · Medicine · Psychology · Social Psychology
| Highly cited | No |
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