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Terrifying LoveTerrifying Love

Terrifying Love

Why Battered Women Kill and How Society Responds

Lenore E. Walker

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A pioneer in the study of battered women analyzes, based on case histories, the complex forces that drive some abused women to murder and discusses the legal and emotional aftermath of the killing.

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OL Work ID
OL480585W

Subjects

Abused womenForensic psychologyJustifiable homicidePsychologyMarital violenceForensic PsychiatryHomicideSpouse Abuse

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