Further Reading

More information

More information on Battered Woman Syndrome can be found in the following publications:

Downs, Donald Alexander (1996) More Than Victims: Battered Women, The Syndrome Society, and the Law, The University of Chicago Press.

Law Commission (2000) Battered Defendants: Victims of Domestic Violence Who Offend, Preliminary Paper 41, Wellington, New Zealand.

Walker, Lenore E. (1984) The Battered Woman Syndrome, Springer, New York.

Walker, Lenore E. (1989) 'Psychological Causes of Family Violence' in Lystad, Mary (ed.) Violence in the Home: Interdisciplinary Perspectives, Brunner/Mazel, New York.