Making Appropriate Parenting Arrangements in Family Violence Cases: Applying the Literature
to Identify Promising Practices Page 1 Making appropriate parenting arrangements in family …

Scholars highlight the importance of asking victim-survivors of intimate partner violence
directly about their lived experiences. In cases where the victim is killed, however, those …

Stalking-precipitated homicide is a recognized phenomenon with devastating
consequences, yet there is no literature identifying its population-level prevalence. This …

Concerns over the legal treatment of women who kill in response to domestic abuse have
driven several jurisdictions to reform their homicide laws in recent years. This article …

Women's agency in resisting violence and control within intimate relationships manifests in
diverse forms, shaped by various social divisions and the socio-cultural contexts in which …

In the extensive research on intimate partner violence (IPV), the emphasis on female
victimization has led to a detailed exploration of intimate partner femicide (IPF) as its most …

The article examines the deepening crisis in the treatment of women and girls by the
legal/criminal justice system–as the legal and policy architecture that has long failed to …

Using Scotland as a case study, this paper identifies key areas in which there could be
potential reform for women who kill their abusive partners. The study focuses on two …

Criminal law has long been looked to as a primary intervention to secure justice and safety
for victim/survivors of violence against women. In recent years, however, the degree to which …

Investigators, prosecutors, judges and juries have found self-defence against intimate
partner violence (IPV) difficult to perceive on the facts before them because of inaccurate …