Newsfront
December, 1988
Man-KillersA recent study appearing in Behavior Today challenges the belief that women who kill their husbands or lovers do so in self-defense. Sociologist Coramae Mann studied 296 domestic-homicide cases and found that 58 percent of the alleged murderers claimed justifiable homicide--but only 18 percent were really defending themselves. "In many cases, the women went and got a weapon, then returned to the fight/murder scene. In several of the cases, the man was asleep, and they still claim...
