BATTERED WOMAN SYNDROME: PROSPECT OF SITUATING IT WITHIN CRIMINAL LAW IN INDIA

In patriarchal cultures, like the one prevalent in India, rigid, polarised and hierarchical gender roles work to establish a strong normative relationship between gender and the treatment of offenders committing violent crimes like homicide. While most of the common law countries have already underg...

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Main Author: AISHWARYA DEB
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Publshing House V.Ема 2021-12-01
Series:BRICS Law Journal
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Online Access:https://www.bricslawjournal.com/jour/article/view/348