More Than Victims

More Than Victims
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Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Total Pages : 332
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ISBN-10 : 0226161609
ISBN-13 : 9780226161600
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Book Synopsis More Than Victims by : Donald Alexander Downs

Download or read book More Than Victims written by Donald Alexander Downs and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1998-10 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Donald Downs offers an analysis of the injustices behind the logic of battered woman syndrome, concluding that this very logic harms those it is trying to protect. This work seeks to rethink the criminal justice system.


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