Abolishing defensive homicide will benefit female victims and offenders Fitz-Gibbon, Kate 2013, Abolishing defensive homicide will benefit female victims and offenders, The Conversation, pp. 1-1. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads fitzgibbon-abolishingdefensive2-2013.pdf Published version application/pdf 940.28KB 170 Title Abolishing defensive homicide will benefit female victims and offenders Author(s) Fitz-Gibbon, Kate Source title The Conversation Publisher Conversation Media Group Place of publication Melbourne, Vic. Publication date 2013-10-04 Start page 1 End page 1 Total pages 1 Keyword(s) defensive homicide homicide law law reform battered women Summary The Victorian Department of Justice has released its long-awaited review into operation of the controversial offence of defensive homicide. The Consultation Paper proposes the offence’s abolition on the basis that it is “inherently complex”, “has no clear benefit” for women who kill in the context of family violence and has been “inappropriately” used by men who kill. Language eng Field of Research 180110 Criminal Law and Procedure 180119 Law and Society Socio Economic Objective 940405 Law Reform HERDC Research category M Media article Copyright notice ©2013, Conversation Media Group Free to Read? Yes Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30056574 Document type: Media Article Collections: Faculty of Arts and Education School of Humanities and Social Sciences Open Access Collection 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. Every reasonable effort has been made to ensure that permission has been obtained for items included in DRO. If you believe that your rights have been infringed by this repository, please contact drosupport@deakin.edu.au. Versions Version Filter Type Mon, 07 Oct 2013, 16:36:15 EST Mon, 07 Oct 2013, 17:45:45 EST Fri, 11 Oct 2013, 12:29:26 EST Fri, 11 Oct 2013, 12:32:33 EST Fri, 11 Oct 2013, 12:33:23 EST Wed, 16 Oct 2013, 11:25:38 EST Mon, 21 Oct 2013, 14:48:02 EST Tue, 06 Sep 2016, 21:38:51 EST Tue, 05 Dec 2017, 12:42:55 EST Fri, 07 Sep 2018, 16:41:30 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Cited 0 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 409 Abstract Views, 170 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Mon, 07 Oct 2013, 16:35:56 EST by Kate Fitz-Gibbon