Self-defence has a complicated role in the prosecution of victim-survivors of domestic violence who use force against their abusers. In this episode, LLB student, Indigo Crosweller, chats with Professor Arlie Loughnan about how defence practitioners might approach a victim-survivor client and the accessibility of the defence of self-defence. The full report, upon which this episode is based, can be found on the website for the Centre for Women’s Justice Research on their ‘Self-Defence briefings’ page here: https://www.centreforwomensjustice.org.uk/selfdefence-briefings.
Dr Arlie Loughnan is Professor of Criminal Law and Criminal Law Theory at the University of Sydney Law School. Her research concerns criminal law, legal theory and legal history. Arlie's particular interests are constructions of criminal responsibility and non-responsibility, the interaction of legal and expert medical knowledges and the historical development of the criminal law.