Women, Murder and Justice

WENDY CHAN is Assistant Professor at the School of Criminology, Simon Fraser University, British Columbia, Canada.

• Dedication List of Tables List of Figures Acknowledgements Introduction Contextualising Domestic Homicides Methodology and Overview of the Cases Homicide, Intention and Responsibility Gender, Murder and Madness Access to Self-defence and Provocation Legal Reform Negotiating Gender Difference in the Criminal Justice System Endnotes Appendix: Case Summaries References Index

'This book should be read by everyone interested in women, aggression, violence, murder and the criminal justice system.' - Eleanor Hubbard, Contemporary Sociology