Battered woman syndrome (BWS) is a pattern of signs and symptoms displayed by a woman who has suffered persistent intimate partner violence—psychological...

The April Wilkens Case. She was one of the first women to use battered woman syndrome in an Oklahoma trial, and claimed to have acted in self defense...

reason of temporary insanity in one of the first cases involving "battered-woman syndrome" as a defense. Francine Hughes was born in Stockbridge, Michigan...

success of the battered woman syndrome defense in State v. Kelly (1984), which was based on the acceptance that the presence of such a syndrome may cause the...

physical violence. Terms such as wife abuse, wife beating, wife battering, and battered woman were used, but have declined in popularity due to efforts to...

controversial area of research, with terms such as gender symmetry, battered husband syndrome and bidirectional IPV provoking debate. Some scholars have argued...

to being present at the murders but insists she suffered from battered woman syndrome. She was sentenced to death and is sitting on death row in Central...

leading Supreme Court of Canada case on the legal recognition of battered woman syndrome. The judgment, written by Justice Bertha Wilson, is generally considered...

investigate the defense claim that Krenwinkel was suffering from battered woman syndrome at the hands of Manson during the time of the murders. The parole...

Following her release, she toured the country, giving speeches on battered woman syndrome and killing in self-defense. She received a government grant to...

2020. Retrieved July 23, 2020. Walker, Lenore E. (2001). The Battered Woman Syndrome. Springer Publishing Company. ISBN 978-0826143235. Archived from...

She played a blonde American singer who successfully claimed "battered woman syndrome" as a defense to the murder of a Japanese businessman. Throughout...

even though she was a victim of domestic violence, was a sign of battered woman syndrome. In New York State at that time, first-degree murder applied only...

maintain control over them. She used the terms "the battering cycle" and "battered woman syndrome". Terms like "cycle of abuse" have been used instead...

sought the death penalty. Defense attorneys stated that DeVault had battered woman syndrome and post-traumatic stress disorder, which they used to argue against...

submission, that Kelly suffered from battered woman syndrome, was incorrectly excluded since battered woman syndrome was a proper subject for expert evidence...

her son kill her husband in 1991, creating a test case for the battered woman syndrome defense in Australia. Katherine Knight (b. 1955) murdered her de...

University Press. p. 3. ISBN 0-19-828016-5. Walker Lenore E. "Battered Woman Syndrome. Empirical Findings." Violence and Exploitation Against Women and...

that Lambert had unquestioningly obeyed Yunkin’s orders due to battered woman syndrome. A previous boyfriend of Lambert's confirmed that he had witnessed...

the argument that courts should take long-term issues such as "battered woman syndrome" into account when considering a defence of provocation. Humphreys...

and Implicit Analogies to Self-Defense, Defense of Others, and Battered Woman Syndrome". Catholic University Law Review. 64: 613–47. The case docket shows...

was the first attorney in the nation to successfully present a battered woman syndrome defense based only on verbal abuse. In 2018, Findling was a featured...

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orders without having to file a case in court. It recognizes the battered woman syndrome as a defense. The Unsung Struggle of Maria Theresa Carlson The...

defense attorneys were not fully able to develop their theory of battered woman syndrome. A new trial was ordered, until January 19, 2011, when another...

Daniel Jr. His successful defense of Vicki Daniel established battered woman syndrome as a legal defense in the state of Texas. Haynes said the secret...

traumatic bonding with one's victimizer, as in Stockholm syndrome or Battered woman syndrome. Complex post-traumatic stress disorder. According to Gregory...

obsesses over a woman named Keri Derzmond, played by Bonnie Root. Mary-Margaret Humes guest-starred as Audrey Sawyer-Henson, a battered housewife and mother...

Damian Pizarro, a battered woman who killed her abuser in self-defense. This case was the first successful use of battered woman syndrome to secure an acquittal...

of Appeal in December 1995, lawyers argued she was a victim of "battered woman syndrome" as a result of her husband's repeated violence, something which...