Defending the Domestic Abuse Victim/Defendant: Why the Prison Reform Trust's Campaign to Introduce Defences for Offending Driven by Domestic Abuse Is Important

Autor:	Bettinson, Vanessa
Rok vydání:	2022
Předmět:	female offenders coercive control domestic abuse Law Social Sciences (miscellaneous) duress
Zdroj:	The Prison Journal. 102:154-171
ISSN:	1552-7522 0032-8855
DOI:	10.1177/00328855221079258
Popis:	The file attached to this record is the author's final peer reviewed version. This article explores the vulnerability of many UK female offenders and their experiences of domestic abuse that drives their criminality. Now that coercive control by domestic partners is more widely understood, criminal defences should take into account the impact it has upon domestic abuse victim/defendants. The Prison Reform Trust campaigned for the introduction of legal reform that would end convictions of people who committed crimes as a direct result of domestic abuse victimization. The reform has been considered during the debates on the 2021 Domestic Abuse Bill; however, the government rejected the proposal. This article considers how the application of domestic abuse defences can reduce the female prison population and discusses why legal reform is necessary.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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