343.8PEN
Monografia
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PENAL REFORM INTERNATIONAL
Women who kill in response to domestic violence : how do criminal justice systems respond? / Penal Reform International.- London : Penal Reform International, 2016.- 90 p. ; il. ; digitalizado
consultado em 15 de março de 2017 https://cdn.penalreform.org
(Broch.) : oferta
DIREITO PENITENCIÁRIO, EXECUÇÃO DA PENA, VIOLÊNCIA CONTRA A MULHER, VIOLÊNCIA DOMÉSTICA, VIOLÊNCIA SOCIAL, PRISÃO, JUSTIÇA CRIMINAL, REABILITAÇÃO, REINTEGRAÇÃO, MULHER, PRISÃO FEMININA, NAÇÕES UNIDAS
This study was produced by Linklaters LLP for PRI and examines how women who have killed their abusers following prolonged domestic abuse are treated in law and before the courts, covering nine jurisdictions: Australia, Brazil, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Mexico, Poland, Spain and the USA. The number of women globally who have committed violent crimes is very small. Women are far more likely to be victims than perpetrators. However, when women have been convicted of murder or manslaughter, in a significant number of cases the victim is a male partner or male family member and there is a history of domestic violence. The findings of this survey shows that with few exceptions, criminal justice systems are failing these women by ignoring their trauma and realities/dynamics of domestic violence