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Overview
In this powerful, haunting, & ultimately inspiring book, Lenore Walker tells the dramatic story of battered women who kill in self-defense & of her own courageous efforts to secure their justice in our courts & in our society. The most comprehensive book on battered women to date. A valuable resource for mental health & legal professionals & an education for the general public. It shows that with persistence, social change is possible. A lucid & informative discussion replete with case studies that illustrate the phenomenons diversity. Documents astonishing inconsistency by the judiciary. Highly recommended!Walker's chilling follow-up to her now-classic groundbreaker, The BAttered Woman, is a dramatic study of women who murder their abusive partners in self-defense--and what happens to them afterward. "Provocative . . . the book makes its point."--New York Times Book Review.
Book Details
Published
November 1, 1989
Publisher
New York : Harper & Row, c1989.
Pages
288
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780060161606