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Intimate Partner Violence: Psychological Effects and Legal Defenses

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This chapter reviews research on the prevalence of intimate partner violence (IPV) and describes the psychological effects of IPV in different populations. The evolution of the term battered woman syndrome (BWS) and battered person syndrome (BPS) will be described, along with a discussion of how the terms can be misunderstood or misused to promote myths and stereotypes about individuals exposed to IPV. The evolving judicial view about the admissibility of testimony about IPV will be reviewed and the role of the expert (psychologist, psychiatrist) in conducting mental state at the time of the offense evaluations of defendants charged with assaulting or killing abusive partners will be discussed. Case examples will be included to illustrate how expert testimony about IPV and mental state at the time of the offense has affected the outcome of different criminal cases.

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Paradis, C., Bowen, M., McCullough, G. (2020). Intimate Partner Violence: Psychological Effects and Legal Defenses. In: Javier, R., Owen, E., Maddux, J. (eds) Assessing Trauma in Forensic Contexts. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-33106-1_15

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