Problems of the Activity of Lawyers in Protection in Criminal Cases in Respect of Victims of Domestic Violence
https://doi.org/10.22394/2686-7834-2022-3-47-52
Abstract
The article is devoted to the problems that arise in the activities of lawyers in providing legal assistance to victims of domestic violence who were charged with causing harm to the life and health of their offenders. Self-defense (necessary defense) is considered as the main defense strategy in such criminal cases. The author compares legislative approaches and features of law enforcement practice that arise when using this strategy on domestic and foreign experience (using the example of the United States), dwelling separately on cases where self-defense took place outside an open conflict (in non-confrontational circumstances). Based on the analysis of approaches to this problem in foreign jurisdictions, the author proposes in Russian practice to use evidence confirming the history of domestic violence and the psychological trauma they cause in the victim in such categories of cases in order to confirm the compliance of the behavior of the victim of violence with the criteria for necessary defense.
About the Author
Z. M. Beryoza
National Research University Higher School of Economics
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Zlata M. Beryoza, Graduate student
Moscow
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Beryoza Z.M. Problems of the Activity of Lawyers in Protection in Criminal Cases in Respect of Victims of Domestic Violence. Theoretical and Applied Law. 2022;(3):47-52. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.22394/2686-7834-2022-3-47-52
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