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The Implicit Legitimisation of Violence against Women in New Zealand Homicide Cases: Did Abolishing Provocation Address Public Concerns?

dc.contributor.authorDoidge, Isla Mirren
dc.date.accessioned2016-10-20T22:07:09Z
dc.date.accessioned2022-07-07T21:31:06Z
dc.date.available2016-10-20T22:07:09Z
dc.date.available2022-07-07T21:31:06Z
dc.date.copyright2015
dc.date.issued2015
dc.description.abstractThe partial defence of provocation was inappropriately used by abusive men that killed their partners for challenging them. This led to concerns that provocation was implicitly legitimising violent reactions toward women who were perceived to have challenged their male partner’s sexuality. Despite the abolition of provocation, this paper finds a continuation of the concerns that arose from the use of provocation in post-abolition homicide sentencing decisions. Specifically, the recognition of perceived lower culpability of men that had killed their female partners in the form of manslaughter verdicts, or through inappropriate mitigating features, continues to be an issue. For this reason, I argue that establishing the Sentencing Council, as recommended by the Law Commission, is the best way to address these concerns.en_NZ
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dc.identifier.urihttps://ir.wgtn.ac.nz/handle/123456789/19519
dc.languageen_NZ
dc.language.isoen_NZ
dc.publisherTe Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellingtonen_NZ
dc.subjectProvocationen_NZ
dc.subjectAbolitionen_NZ
dc.subjectSentencingen_NZ
dc.subjectHomicideen_NZ
dc.subjectAbnormal jealousyen_NZ
dc.subjectNarcissismen_NZ
dc.titleThe Implicit Legitimisation of Violence against Women in New Zealand Homicide Cases: Did Abolishing Provocation Address Public Concerns?en_NZ
dc.typeTexten_NZ
thesis.degree.disciplineLawen_NZ
thesis.degree.nameLL.B. (Honours)en_NZ
vuwschema.contributor.schoolSchool of Lawen_NZ
vuwschema.contributor.unitVictoria Law Schoolen_NZ
vuwschema.contributor.unitFaculty of Law / Te Kauhanganui Tātai Tureen_NZ
vuwschema.subject.anzsrcfor180110 Criminal Law and Procedureen_NZ
vuwschema.subject.anzsrcfor180113 Family Lawen_NZ
vuwschema.subject.anzsrcfor180119 Law and Societyen_NZ
vuwschema.subject.anzsrcfor180120 Legal Institutions (incl. Courts and Justice Systems)en_NZ
vuwschema.subject.anzsrcfor180122 Legal Theory, Jurisprudence and Legal Interpretationen_NZ
vuwschema.subject.anzsrcforV2489999 Other law and legal studies not elsewhere classifieden_NZ
vuwschema.subject.anzsrcseo970118 Expanding Knowledge in Law and Legal Studiesen_NZ
vuwschema.type.vuwResearch Paper or Projecten_NZ

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