Explain the debate over victim provocation and murder in cases of intimate partner violence
What will be an ideal response?
It is currently unknown how many male homicides are a result of domestic violence. Victim blaming and victim defending arguments fuel a debate over conclusions regarding murder being an end result of battery. Definitions of self-defense were written by men with male concepts of how one reacts to violence. Self-defense requires imminent threat of violence and in the cases where a woman kills her abuser she often waits until a safe period to do so. This is in direct conflict with self-defense and therefore is not a justification or excuse for her crime. Victim-defenders argue the abuser was responsible for his own demise, instigating the crime. He left the woman with little choice to preserve her life but to take his. The victim was responsible for changing his behavior to reduce his risk of violence. Victim defenders will note females who are abused often do not have an avenue for escape for a wide variety of reasons and may not be protected by the criminal justice system despite repeated attempts to do so.
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a. Charles Moyer b. Jeremy Bentham c. Edwin Sutherland d. John Q. Wilson
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