Elizabeth Dermody Leonard is Professor of Sociology at Vanguard University.

List of Tables
Foreword by Dr. Nancy K. D. Lemon, Esq.
Acknowledgments

Part I

1. Introduction

2. Battered Women Who Kill and the Criminal Justice System: A Review of the Literature

3. Explaining Intimate Violence: Theoretical and Methodological Framework

4. Study Format and Design

5. A Profile of Convicted Survivors

Part II: Narratives of Personal Experiences: An Introduction

6. Minimizing and Forgetting Violence

7. Self-Identifying as a Battered Woman

8. Police Involvement

Calling 911
Barriers to Calling

9. Coercive Drugging

10. Adjudication Processes

11. Conclusion and Policy Implications

12. Portraits

Appendix A: Informed Consent Statements
Appendix B: Survey Questionnaires
Appendix C: Interview Guide

Notes
References
Author Index
Subject Index