Femicide and the Law: American Criminal Doctrines

ISBN-13: 9780367589981 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 166 str.

Hava Dayan

Opis

This book explores femicide, and scrutinizes the three key American criminal doctrines usually applied in its cases: provocation; the felony murder rule; self-defence. The book also explores the influence of the American Model Penal Code, and proposes, connected to the various criminal doctrines applicable to femicide, a focused and detailed ame

Spis treści

1: Preface;  2: Acknowledgements;  3: Introduction;  4: Chapter 1: Femicide and Related American Criminal Doctrines: A Preliminary Overview;  5: Chapter 2: "Either Mine or Dead": Intimate Partner Femicide and the American Criminal Doctrine of Provocation;  6: Chapter 3: "The Straw that Broke the Camel's Back": Assaultive-Femicide and the American Felony-Murder Rule;  7: Chapter 4: "To Kill or be Killed, (When) that is the Question": Femicide and the American Criminal Doctrine of Self Defence;  8: Chapter 5: Preventing Femicide: Proposed Statutory Amendments to the American Model Penal Code;  9: Index

O autorze

Dr Hava Dayan is Head of the MA Program in Crime, Law and Society, School of Criminology, University of Haifa, Israel