battered wife syndrome

A general term for a constellation of signs and symptoms that are typical of a woman (wife/common-law partner/girlfriend) who is physically abused by a husband/common-law partner/boyfriend

battered wife syndrome

Public health A general term for a constellation of signs and symptoms that are typical of a ♀ wife/common-law partner who is physically abused by a husband/boyfriend. See Domestic violence, Spousal abuse. Cf Superbowl syndrome.
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Battered spouse syndrome, also referred to as battered wife syndrome or battered woman's syndrome, is the physical and psychological condition of a person subject to repeated forceful, physical, or psychological abusive behavior by an intimate partner.
Admissibility of battered spouse syndrome evidence in Alaska
Ederlinda Fernandez, president of the Women's Studies Association of the Philippines and vice president for planning, administration and finance at the Western Mindanao State University, said Marifeh Titoh "is suffering from battered wife syndrome.
Battered woman hacks husband to death
The social sciences have a term for the situation of women who feel compelled to be compliant with the men who are bent on demeaning and humiliating them: They call it battered wife syndrome.
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It's the political version of the battered wife syndrome.
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A man who kills his wife after finding her in bed with the milkman or a woman suffering from battered wife syndrome who finally snaps and kills her abusive husband may not even be found guilty of murder and if they are their sentence is likely to be in single figures in terms of years they serve.
Lenient murder laws fail to punish killers; Coronation Street's Tracy Barlow (Kate Ford) is about to go on trial for killing her partner. She claims self-defence, the prosecution claims premeditation. It might be the stuff of TV soaps, but it has thrown the murder laws under the spotlight. Ghulam Sohail, criminal lawyer for Birmingham law firm Challinors, explains why reform is long overdue
He agreed that she showed signs of battered wife syndrome after years of abuse.
The Cliff fan who turned into a killer
Justice Pitchford will sentence Edwards after considering a medical report that she may have been suffering from battered wife syndrome.
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Battered wife syndrome is not recognised in the US where many women are sentenced without the jury ever hearing evidence of violence from their partners.
Record Woman; DEATH AND THE MAIDENS
Where the battered wife syndrome is an issue in the case, the standard of reasonableness concerning an accused's belief in asserting self-defense is not objective, but subjective.
Battered women and self-defense: myths and misconceptions in current reform proposals
I'm satisfied you were suffering from, to use a colloquialism, battered wife syndrome and you felt isolated, hopeless and useless and felt there was no way out of the relationship.
Abuse victim jailed for knife attack on partner; JUDGE SHOWS LENIENCY TOWARDS BATTERED WIFE WHO 'SNAPPED'
There was evidence, the court heard, that Marley was suffering from battered wife syndrome.
Woman gets 3 years for killing violent expartner; Man died from single knife wound to the heart after a day spent drinking

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