Convicted Survivors: The Imprisonment of Battered Women Who Kill

Contents

Contents List of Tables ix Foreword by Dr. Nancy K. D. Lemon, Esq. xi Acknowledgments xv Part I Chapter 1. Introduction 3 Chapter 2. Battered Women Who Kill and the Criminal Justice System: A Review of the Literature 13 Chapter 3. Explaining Intimate Violence: Theoretical and Methodological Framework 39 Chapter 4. Study Format and Design 49 Chapter 5. A Profile of Convicted Survivors 57 Part II: Narratives of Personal Experiences: An Introduction Chapter 6. Minimizing and Forgetting Violence 73 Chapter 7. Self-Identifying as a Battered Woman 79 Chapter 8. Police Involvement 85 Chapter 8. Calling 911 85 Chapter 8. Barriers to Calling 911 91 vii Chapter 9. Coercive Drugging 95 Chapter 10. Adjudication Processes 103 Chapter 11. Conclusion and Policy Implications 115 Chapter 12. Portraits 129 Appendix A: Informed Consent Statements 141 Appendix B: Survey Questionnaires 145 Appendix C: Interview Guide 171 Notes 175 References 177 Author Index 195 Subject Index 199 viii Contents ...