Domestic violence in America  battered women /  [videorecording] : 
 Battered women :  under siege  Battered women :  fighting Back 

 - Princeton, N.J. :  Films for the Humanities & Sciences,  [2004] 
 - 2 videodisc (90 min.) :  sd., col. ;  4 3/4 in 
<br/><br/> Battered women : under seige -  Battered women : fighting back  vol.1.  vol. 2. 
<br/><br/>Producer, Robert Higgins ; music, Bob Sakayama  Producer, Robert Higgins ; music, Bob Sakayama 
<br/><br/>Host, Jose Diaz-Balart 
<br/><br/> Segment originally aired on the CBS Television Network as episode of Against the Law on July 17, 1991 
<br/><br/> 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 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label> RM1,280.03 (2 v.) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Family violence--United States<br/>Abused women--United States<br/>Abused wives--United States<br/>Battered woman syndrome--United States<br/>Marital violence--United States<br/>Dysfunctional families--United States<br/>Abusive men--Mortality--United States<br/>Justifiable homicide--United States