Domestic violence in America [videorecording] : battered women /
Publication details: Princeton, N.J. : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, [2004]Description: 2 videodisc (90 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 inOther title:- Battered women : under siege
- Battered women : fighting Back
- Against the law (Television program)
- Producer, Robert Higgins ; music, Bob Sakayama
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| MEDIA | PERPUSTAKAAN UNDANG-UNDANG | PERPUSTAKAAN UNDANG-UNDANG MEDIA-P. UNDANG-UNDANG | dvd C45.32KF.D639 2 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | j.1 | 1 | Available | 00001510394 | ||
| MEDIA | PERPUSTAKAAN UNDANG-UNDANG | PERPUSTAKAAN UNDANG-UNDANG MEDIA-P. UNDANG-UNDANG | dvd C45.32KF.D639 2 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | j.2 | 1 | Available | 00001510395 |
vol.1. Battered women : under seige - vol. 2. Battered women : fighting back
Producer, Robert Higgins ; music, Bob Sakayama
Host, Jose Diaz-Balart
Segment originally aired on the CBS Television Network as episode of Against the Law on July 17, 1991
When a woman kills a man who beats her, is it murder? Or is it justice? This program examines the legality of when,ever, a victim of domestic violence is justified in killing her abuser. The Jane Abbott and Linda Logan cases assess the courtroom admissibility of evidence of battering, while the high-profile Lorena Bobbitt case and others raise the question of whether the plea of battered woman syndrome can be manipulated into a license to maim--or kill
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