Women, Murder and Justice

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

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

• 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