title: Domestic violence: the role of the mental health expert.
abstract: Mental health experts are often called upon to testify in trials of battered woman who have killed their husbands. Such experts have an important role to play in educating both the public and the legal profession about the Battered Woman Syndrome.
authors: I K
authors: IK
authors: Packer
mesh_terms: D005104:Expert Testimony / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006708:Homicide / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D013179:Spouse Abuse / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D014481:United States