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Are Battered Women Bad Mothers? Rethinking the Termination of Abused Women's Parental Rights for Failure to Protect


Thomas D. Lyon


University of Southern California - Gould School of Law; University of Southern California - Department of Psychology

to appear in H. Dubowitz, ed., NEGLECTED CHILDREN: RESEARCH, PRACTICE AND POLICY

Abstract:     
This paper assesses the rights of battered women who fail to protect their children against abuse. I first discuss how arguments advanced for expanding self-defense doctrine to excuse the actions of battered women who kill do not easily translate into arguments for greater rights.

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Date posted: February 8, 1998  

Suggested Citation

Lyon, Thomas D., Are Battered Women Bad Mothers? Rethinking the Termination of Abused Women's Parental Rights for Failure to Protect. to appear in H. Dubowitz, ed., NEGLECTED CHILDREN: RESEARCH, PRACTICE AND POLICY. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=57951

Contact Information

Thomas D. Lyon (Contact Author)
University of Southern California - Gould School of Law ( email )
699 Exposition Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90089
United States
213-740-0142 (Phone)
213-740-5502 (Fax)
University of Southern California - Department of Psychology ( email )
Los Angeles, CA 90089
United States
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