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- BFI identifier417391
- Date1994-01-20 (Television)
- Production countryUnited Kingdom
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- SynopsisQuestions whether a history of abuse gives victims a right to strike back and injure and sometimes murder their abusers. In the US Lorena Bobbitt cut off her husband's penis after he had raped her following a long period of brutal treatment. Her husband was prosecuted for marital attack but acquitted; his wife awaits trial. Lyle and Eric Menendes are now facing trial after confessing to the murder of their parents, alleging a lifetime of sexual abuse. The cases of Felicity Greenham, Michael Smith and Karen Tyler are also reported. It is feared that lenient sentences could set a pattern for the abused to commit crimes against their abusers in the knowledge that they will recieve lenient sentences. (NFA Catalogue)
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Title
The 'Victims' Strike Back (Original)
Category
Non FictionThis work is available to view in the Mediatheque at BFI Southbank.
- The Big Story
Series Work - 781665
United Kingdom - TV - Non Fiction
- +The 'Victims' Strike Back
Work - 417391 - 1994-01-20 (Television)
United Kingdom - TV - Non Fiction
- +The 'Victims' Strike Back
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