Source II: Wallace, Shana. “Beyond Imminence: Evolving International Law and Battered Women's Right to Self-Defense.” The University of Chicago Law Review, vol. 71, no. 4, 2004, pp. 1749–1781.
In this article author, Wallace objects to the use of battered woman syndrome as a self-defense. Wallace also explains that as of 2004, battered woman syndrome statistically is the most widely used self-defense plea by abused women who kill their attackers. She provides two major criticisms on justification of battered woman syndrome. The first critique comes from feminist scholars, explaining that by diagnosing battered woman who act in their own defense as mentally ill under this syndrome, doctors are performing a disservice to the women as they are
In this article author, Wallace objects to the use of battered woman syndrome as a self-defense. Wallace also explains that as of 2004, battered woman syndrome statistically is the most widely used self-defense plea by abused women who kill their attackers. She provides two major criticisms on justification of battered woman syndrome. The first critique comes from feminist scholars, explaining that by diagnosing battered woman who act in their own defense as mentally ill under this syndrome, doctors are performing a disservice to the women as they are