What is the legal import of emotional pain following a traumatic event? The idea of women
traumatized by abortion has recently acquired a constitutional foothold. This Article explores …

This paper addresses the neglected and under‐researched subject of female sex offenders
who abuse children. More specifically, it provides a review of the nature of female sexual …

Intimate partner violence (IPV) is an international issue that social and criminal justice
workers will encounter regularly. It has been identified that men can, and do stop using, or …

After experiencing years of domestic violence, Emma sees an advertisement for her local
Family Justice Center, a" safe, friendly, and confidential place" to get help from abuse. When …

In recent years commentators have criticized the American legal system for its
unresponsiveness to claims of self-defense by women who have killed their abusers …

Kadına yönelik şiddet, kadınların biyopsikososyal sağlığını tehdit eden, yaralanmalarına ve
ölümlerine neden olan en önemli halk sağlığı sorunları arasında yer almaktadır. Fiziksel …

The concept of equality has been a key animating principle of modern feminism, and has
been highly productive for feminist legal thought and feminist politics concerning law. Today …

The current research examined the role of defendant and participant sex, presence or
absence of expert testimony of the “battered person syndrome”, and sexual orientation of the …

In cases involving battered women who kill their abusive partners and claim self-defense,
expert testimony may be introduced in order to help the triers of fact understand the …

Despite law reforms intended explicitly to improve their prospects of receiving fairer
consideration within the criminal justice system, it is still the case that most battered women …