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The socio-legal response(s) to women who kill: a proposed model for acknowledging their agency

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The socio-legal response(s) to women who kill: a proposed model for acknowledging their agency. / Weare, Siobhan.
2014. 312 p.

Research output: Thesis › Doctoral Thesis

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Weare, S 2014, 'The socio-legal response(s) to women who kill: a proposed model for acknowledging their agency', PhD, Lancaster University.

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Weare, S. (2014). The socio-legal response(s) to women who kill: a proposed model for acknowledging their agency. [Doctoral Thesis, Lancaster University].

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Weare S. The socio-legal response(s) to women who kill: a proposed model for acknowledging their agency. 2014. 312 p.

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Weare, Siobhan. / The socio-legal response(s) to women who kill : a proposed model for acknowledging their agency. 2014. 312 p.

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