Isn't it self-defense what that woman did? She didn't touch the guy until he tried to attack her. She's right that there's probably no jury that would confict her.
For all the weird editorial stuff no doubt driving this, it's still fascinating for me to think of how the revolving Robins are supposed to work. Jason frankly comes across here not as Batman's lighter balance but as some sort of receptical for Batman's own rage issues. Whcih is why yes, it does totally seem like Bruce always lets Jason go at the guy until he (Bruce) is satisfied. It's not really that Jason is unlikable--he's not. He's just a mirror of Bruce to give Bruce something to argue again. But Bruce's arguments are so weak...it's like you get the sense that in the Jason-era Bruce was even more alone with himself than he is at times when he's really alone. His darker impulses have a voice that Dick could have argued with with some conviction but Bruce can't.
I almost wind up feeling like Jason just went to where he inevitably would (killing a criminal) and Batman finally had to kill him off to have any sort of control. The next Robin was chosen by Dick.
Now if only they'd figure out something that sensible to do with Jason now...(I don't mean killing him, I mean figuring out what he represents in a way that makes him coherent and human.)