BATTERED WOMEN SYNDROME

PSYCHOLOGY 115 - PSYCHOLOGY OF ADJUSTMENT Calvin Toombs Professor BATTERED WOMEN SYNDROME: A Survey of Contemporary Theories In Domestic Violence by Spring Rosati In 1991, Governor William Weld modified parole regulations and permitted women to seek commutation if they could present evidence indicating they suffered from battered women's syndrome. A short while later, the Governor, citing spousal abuse as his impetus, released seven women convicted of killing their husbands, and the Great and General Court of Massachusetts …

…for why a battered women often stays with her abuser and explore the psychological harm caused by abuse while discounting the popular perception that battered women must enjoy the abuse. Bibliography BIBLIOGRAPHY Diagnostic And Statistical Manual Of Mental Disorders. Fourth Edition. DSM-IV; American Psychiatric Association, 1994. Terrifying Love, Why Battered Women Kill; Lenore E. Walker, Harper & Row Publishers, 1989. Abused Women and Survivor Therapy - A Practical Guide for the Pysychotherapist; Lenore E. Walker, American Psychiatric Association, 1994.