dc.contributor.advisor |
Johnson, Val Marie, 1967- |
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dc.coverage.spatial |
Nova Scotia |
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dc.creator |
Dooley, Diane M. |
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dc.date.accessioned |
2013-12-19T19:42:57Z |
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dc.date.available |
2013-12-19T19:42:57Z |
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dc.date.issued |
2013 |
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dc.identifier.other |
HV6626.23 C2 D66 2013 |
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dc.identifier.uri |
http://library2.smu.ca/xmlui/handle/01/25535 |
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dc.description |
92 leaves ; 29 cm. |
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dc.description |
Includes abstract and appendix. |
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dc.description |
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 88-92). |
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dc.description.abstract |
This thesis investigates the case R v. Ryan at the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia level. It is a feminist, post-structural critical discourse analysis of the gender scripts in R v Ryan. In particular, it examines the ways in which Nicole Doucet is framed through discourses of emphasized femininity, “Battered Woman’s Syndrome” psychological discourse and legal credibility, and how these discourses construct her through a dichotomous Victim/Criminal binary. The thesis will argue that this analysis of gendered discourses, as well as Doucet’s resistance to these narratives, add to the research on the victimization and criminalization of women charged with self-defensive violence by providing an example of the way the victimization-criminalization continuum is a more accurate way of analyzing women’s self-defensive violence. |
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en |
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dc.publisher |
Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University |
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dc.subject.lcc |
HV6626.23.C2 |
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dc.subject.lcsh |
Ryan, Nicole -- Trials, litigation, etc. |
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dc.subject.lcsh |
Family violence -- Nova Scotia |
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dc.subject.lcsh |
Victims of family violence -- Nova Scotia |
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dc.subject.lcsh |
Abused women -- Nova Scotia |
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dc.subject.lcsh |
Female offenders -- Nova Scotia |
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dc.subject.lcsh |
Critical discourse analysis |
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dc.title |
Constructing Nicole : gender, discourse and victimization/criminalization in R v. Ryan |
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dc.type |
Text |
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thesis.degree.name |
Master of Arts in Criminology |
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thesis.degree.level |
Masters |
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thesis.degree.discipline |
Sociology and Criminology |
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thesis.degree.grantor |
Saint Mary's University (Halifax, N.S.) |
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