Family violence in domestic homicides: a case study of women who killed intimate partners post-legislative reform in Victoria, Australia Tyson, Danielle, Kirkwood, Deborah and McKenzie, Mandy 2017, Family violence in domestic homicides: a case study of women who killed intimate partners post-legislative reform in Victoria, Australia, Violence against women, vol. 23, no. 5, pp. 5591-583, doi: 10.1177/1077801216647796. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Family violence in domestic homicides: a case study of women who killed intimate partners post-legislative reform in Victoria, Australia Author(s) Tyson, Danielle orcid.org/0000-0001-9439-567X Kirkwood, Deborah McKenzie, Mandy Journal name Violence against women Volume number 23 Issue number 5 Start page 5591 End page 583 Total pages 25 Publisher Sage Place of publication London, Eng. Publication date 2017-04 ISSN 1552-8448 Keyword(s) family violence intimate partner murder law reform self-defense Summary This article examines the impact of legislative reforms enacted in 2005 in Victoria, Australia, on legal responses to women charged with murder for killing their intimate partner. The reforms provided for a broader understanding of the context of family violence to be considered in such cases, but we found little evidence of this in practice. This is partly attributable to persistent misconceptions among the legal profession about family violence and why women may believe it necessary to kill a partner. We recommend specialized training for legal professionals and increased use of family violence evidence to help ensure women's claims of self-defense receive appropriate responses from Victorian courts. Language eng DOI 10.1177/1077801216647796 Field of Research 160203 Courts and Sentencing Socio Economic Objective 940405 Law Reform HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal ERA Research output type C Journal article Copyright notice ©2016, The Authors Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30084104 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Arts and Education School of Humanities and Social Sciences Related Links Link Description Connect to published version Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Thu, 09 Jun 2016, 10:36:37 EST Fri, 10 Jun 2016, 05:00:29 EST Fri, 10 Jun 2016, 08:39:32 EST Wed, 31 Aug 2016, 06:11:08 EST Fri, 28 Oct 2016, 10:10:06 EST Fri, 28 Oct 2016, 10:12:31 EST Fri, 28 Oct 2016, 10:13:34 EST Sat, 01 Apr 2017, 01:32:14 EST Fri, 19 May 2017, 11:37:56 EST Fri, 19 May 2017, 11:39:52 EST Sat, 27 May 2017, 02:30:56 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 5 times in TR Web of Science Cited 5 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 313 Abstract Views, 3 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Thu, 09 Jun 2016, 10:36:37 EST

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