Expanding Resource Theory and Feminist-Informed Theory to Explain Intimate Partner Violence Perpetration by Court-Ordered Men

• NCJ Number: 245955
• Journal: Violence Against Women Volume: 19 Issue: 7 Dated: July 2013 Pages: 848-880
• Author(s): Kathleen C. Basile; Jeffrey E. Hall; Mikel L. Walters
• Date Published: July 2013
• Length: 33 pages
• Publication Format: Article
• Publication Type: Report (Study/Research)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

This study tested resource and feminist-informed theories to explain physical, sexual, psychological, and stalking intimate partner violence IPV perpetrated by court-mandated men.

Abstract

This study tested resource and feminist-informed theories to explain physical, sexual, psychological, and stalking intimate partner violence IPV perpetrated by court-mandated men. Data were obtained from 340 men arrested for physical assault of a partner before their court-ordered treatment. Using path analysis, findings provided partial support for each model. Ineffective arguing and substance-use problems were moderators of resources and perpetration. Dominance mediated early exposures and perpetration in the feminist-informed model. In both models, predictors of stalking were different than those for other types of perpetration. Future studies should replicate this research and determine the utility of combining models. Abstract published by arrangement with Sage.