@article{ref1,
title="Convicted Survivors: Comparing and Describing California's Battered Women Inmates",
journal="Prison journal",
year="2001",
author="Leonard, Elizabeth Dermody",
volume="81",
number="1",
pages="73-86",
abstract="This study describes women incarcerated at a California prison for the death of their male abusers and compares them with a statewide sample of women inmates. Women convicted for using lethal violence against abusive partners differ from the broader population of California women prisoners on key demographic markers. Furthermore, despite a clear lack of criminal or violent histories, the overwhelming majority of battered women are convicted of first- or second-degree murder and receive long, harsh sentences whether they are represented by private or by public attorneys. This research suggests the possibility of a systematic criminal justice bias against women who kill their male partners.<p />",
language="",
issn="0032-8855",
doi="10.1177/0032885501081001006",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0032885501081001006"
}