Battered Woman Syndrome, Diminished Responsibility and Women Who Kill: Insights from Scottish Case Law. (October 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: McPherson, Rachel
• Other Names: Wake Nicola guest-editor.; Reed Alan guest-editor.
• Is Part Of: Journal of criminal law. Volume 83:Number 5(2019)
• Page Start: 381
• Page End: 393
• Publication Date: 2019-10
• Subjects: Battered Woman Syndrome -- criminal defences -- domestic abuse; Criminal law -- England -- Periodicals; Criminal law -- Wales -- Periodicals; 345.42
• DOI: 10.1177/0022018319858506
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0022-0183

Abstract

Using Scotland as a case study, this article maps the development of Battered Woman Syndrome in law. It looks to the potential space for development that has been created by the recent case of Graham v HM Advocate, concluding that such a more would be an important step and one with significant implications for domestic abuse policy and the treatment of female accused more widely.