Essays on Battered Woman

INTRODUCTION

The American criminal justice system is a very complex entity that most people hope to have little interaction with. Most people will tell you that it can also be incredibly confusing. People become most invested in court proceedings when they are high profile cases that garner a great deal of media attention; some that many are familiar with include Amy Fisher, Casey Anthony and, certainly, the O.J. Simpson trial. Another case that became the center of media attention is the trial of Jodi Arias. Jodi Arias is a 32-year-old woman who is currently serving a life sentence, without the ...

Institutional Affilitation

What does this documentary tell us about intimate partner relationships “back in the day” (i.e., when the women were first arrested)? The documentary tells us that intimate partner relationships that involved a married couple do not take into account the weight of the women’s testimony and experience. In the case of Ruby Jameson, her lawyer gave her advice to avoid mention of domestic violence and explicitly discouraged Ruby from using and citing the “Battered Woman Syndrome” that could have alleviated the prison sentence. Back in the day, the issue of domestic violence was not taken nearly ...

I will rely on 22-2403 regarding second-degree murder I will also rely on the evidence presented by an expert in Battered woman syndrome, Mrs. Dominique Stephens and a doctor, Sidney, who works at the emergency services. Mrs. Dominique’s evidence will show that she has been suffering from battered woman syndrome. The expert witness in battered woman syndrome will corroborate Dominique’s evidence and proof that she was suffering from the syndrome at the time when she shot her husband. The expert studied the defendant for one month and affirmed that she is suffering from battered woman syndrome. His ...

Introduction

In the United States alone, statistics show that one in every four women experience domestic violence (NCADV, n.d.). The National Coalition against Domestic Violence (NCADV) reported that around 1.3 million women in the US have been victimized and subjected to physical assault by their partners. Although domestic violence affects both men and women, NCADV reiterated that 85 percent – the majority – of all victims are women. Other alarming facts about domestic violence is that in most cases, women do not report these violent incidents to the police due to fear. Moreover, in families, children witness violence between their parents, which ...

Domestic violence in the world all over is one of the largest social problems and the solutions to the problem still remain elusive. The main challenge facing domestic violence cases is their prevalence and underreporting despite being spread out in the social classes. Occasionally, the battered partner in an abusive relationship lashes out and may inflict harm or even kill their partner in the process (Dowd, 1991). The battered woman defense is a defense that can be used in such cases. It is also called the battered person syndrome or the battered women syndrome, its female connotation arises from the ...

The discriminatory practices of the male folk of the society are not new. Abuse and violence is a way of establishing the supremacy over the opposite sex. Even in the age of advancement where several feminist movements have dared to challenge the very roots of the patriarchal society, domestic abuse is one the greatest impediments for the female who are being constantly battered by the insensitivity and chauvinism of their male counterparts. New York is a city where many women face the peril of domestic violence. Statistics show that in the year 2012, 68 percent of the total number of ...

Burning Bed Reaction Paper

The Burning Bed is a movie based on a true story. It portrays the domestic abuse that Francine Hughes had gone through from her husband James Berlin Hughes (Mickey). After enduring domestic violence for about 12 years, Francine decides to end her grief by burning her husband alive. On this fateful day March 9, 1977, Francine asks her four children (three children in the movie) to go wait in the car as she pours gasoline on the bed Hughes was sleeping on and sets the whole house on fire (The Burning Bed). She then drives to the police station to confess ...

What principles with respect to women battering and self-defense have been established in Lavallee's case?

Most of the case law involving female offenders depends on the Supreme Court of Canada's verdict in Lavallee, which accepted proof that an offender had encountered violence elicited by the victim, Battered Woman Syndrome (BWS)1, as applicable to the problem of self-defense. In the Lavallee case2, proof was disclosed demonstrating that the offender had been exposed to years of abuse owing to the victim, and she was acquitted of murder because she had acted in self-defense. Battered women constitute one of the most marginalized groupings in the social order. Their relationship incidents occasionally put these individuals into ...