More Than Victims
Battered Women, the Syndrome Society, and the Law
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7516586 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Traci C West (corresponding author), Donald Alexander Downs |
| Year | 1997 |
| Volume | 26 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 746-746 |
| Publication date | 1997-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0094-3061 • E-ISSN: 1939-8638 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2307/2654659 |
| OpenAlex | W2316137371 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 15 |
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
Criminology · Political science · Sociology · Intimate Partner and Family Violence · Law · Medicine · Multicultural Socio-Legal Studies · Psychology
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The Ethical Foundation of Performativity
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Why Love Kills
Collateral Damage
Introduction
Influences and the Assignment of Responsibility for Wrongdoing in Organizational Settings
Moving Beyond the Stereotypes
| Unique citing works | 15 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,54 |
| Citation span | 1998 - 2019 (22) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 13 |