Criminal Defences

2. induce the person to commit a crime the person would not otherwise commit
4. it is part of the cycle of violence
6. defence the goal is to disengage not exact revenge
8. in the past accepted that a certain level of this may render the accused in an automatic state
11. sections 40 and 41 of the Criminal Code extend the rules for self defence to this
12. disorder a physiological disease of the mind

1. this must be proven in order to classify an accused as battered woman syndrome
3. reduces murder to manslaughter
5. the defendant would claim that they were not present at the time of the offence
7. occurs if the body is acting independent of the mind
9. the accused acted in reaction to a threat
10. the accused committed an offence to avoid a greater harm