SACR 3620 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Domestic Violence, Crown Attorney, Women Grow

• School: University of Windsor
• Department: Sociology, Anthropology and Criminology
• Course: SACR 3620
• Professor: Groulx

Document Summary

Might not even know what a healthy or loving relationship looks like or is afraid to be alone: people with low self-esteem are likely to be attracted to people also with low self- esteem. In recent years, some courts have accepted the "battered wide syndrome" defense in cases where women have killed their abusive spouses after years of abuse: e. g. Set up (the abuser creates a situation of control in which the victim has no choice but to act in a way that in his mind will justify abuse. He may tell himself he hits her because she "talks back" and will start an argument to set her up) --> abuse (when the time and circumstances are right he begins the attack. This is a display of power and control over his victim ---> Guilt (these are not normal feelings for hurting someone, but built over the possibility of being caught) --->