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Battered Women's Syndrome
In 1991, Governor William Weld modified parole regulations and
permitted women to seek commutation if they could present evidence
indicating they suffered from battered women's syndrome. A short while
later, the Governor, citing spousal abuse as his impetus, released
seven w ....
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.... as an offshoot of the theory of learned helplessness and
not a mental illness that afflicts abused women. The theory of learned
helplessness sought to account for the passive behavior subjects
exhibited when placed in an uncontrollable environment. In the late
60's and early 70's, Martin Seligman, a famous researcher in the field
of psychology, conducted a series of experiments in which dogs were
placed in one of two types of cages. In the former cage, henceforth
referred to as the shock cage, a bell would sound and the
experiment ....
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