TERMIUM Plus^®

Fiche 1,  Justifications,  Anglais

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT

[Lenore] Walker, a clinical and forensic psychologist, ... formulated the concept of the battered-woman syndrome in the 1970s, discrediting the notion that abused women stay in violent relationships because they are masochistic. Instead ... such continued abuse can produce a pattern of psychological effects, including high anxiety, low self esteem and "learned helplessness" that can lead a woman to feel in such imminent danger that she kills her abuser.  1, fiche 1, Anglais, - battered%2Dwoman%20syndrome

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 2 CONT

... the Supreme Court of Canada upheld the acquittal, finding that the expert psychiatric testimony about the accused and about battered wife syndrome had been properly put to the jury.  4, fiche 1, Anglais, - battered%2Dwoman%20syndrome

Fiche 1,  Justifications,  Français

Fiche 1,  Justifications,  Espagnol