NCJ Number
34134
Date Published
1976
Length
20 pages
Annotation
ADDRESSING THE ISSUE OF WHY A WOMAN WHO HAS BEEN BEATEN BY HER HUSBAND WOULD REMAIN WITH HIM, THIS PAPER PRESENTS RESULTS OF INTERVIEWS WITH MEMBERS OF 41 FAMILIES IN WHICH WOMEN HAD BEEN BEATEN BY THEIR HUSBANDS.
Abstract
NINE OF THESE WOMEN HAD BEEN DIVORCED OR SEPARATED FROM THEIR HUSBANDS, THIRTEEN HAD CALLED THE POLICE, EIGHT HAD SOUGHT COUNSELING FROM A PRIVATE SOCIAL SERVICE AGENCY, AND ELEVEN HAD SOUGHT NO OUTSIDE INTERVENTION. THREE MAJOR FACTORS INFLUENCE THE ACTIONS OF ABUSED WIVES. THE LESS SEVERE AND LESS FREQUENT THE VIOLENCE, THE MORE A WIFE REMAINS WITH HER HUSBAND. SECONDLY, THE MORE A WIFE WAS STRUCK AS A CHILD BY HER PARENTS, THE MORE LIKELY SHE IS TO REMAIN WITH HER ABUSIVE HUSBAND. LASTLY, THE FEWER RESOURCES A WIFE HAS AND THE LESS POWER SHE HAS, THE MORE LIKELY SHE IS TO STAY WITH HER VIOLENT HUSBAND. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT)