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005    20151217092111.0 
008    130701s2014    cou      b    001 0 eng   
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100 1  Schneider, Rachel Zimmer. 
245 10 Battered women doing time :|binjustice in the criminal 
       justice system /|cRachel Zimmer Schneider. 
264  1 Boulder, Col. :|bFirstForumPress,|c2014. 
300    viii, 153 pages ;|c24 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
504    Includes bibliographical references (pages 143-149) and 
       index. 
505 0  Strength, survival, and resilience -- Life before prison -
       - The killing and the aftermath -- Life on the inside -- 
       Clemency : denied -- Clemency : granted -- Deserving or 
       not? -- Making sense of it all. 
520 0  When is killing an abusive partner an act of murder, and 
       when is it self-defense? How does our criminal justice 
       system deal with battered women who kill, and to what 
       effect? Rachel Schneider traces the lives of women who 
       sought clemency after being imprisoned for killing their 
       abusers, drawing on a series of intimate interviews to 
       explore the circumstances leading up to the killings, the 
       women s experiences in the courts and in prison, and the 
       diverging paths of those whose sentences were commuted and
       those who will spend their lives behind bars. 
650  0 Women murderers|zUnited States. 
650  0 Abused women|zUnited States|xPsychology. 
650  0 Abused women|xLegal status, laws, etc.|zUnited States. 
650  7 Abused women|xLegal status, laws, etc.|2fast
       |0(OCoLC)fst00794885 
650  7 Abused women|xPsychology.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst00794892 
650  7 Women murderers.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01178169 
651  7 United States.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01204155 
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