NCJ Number
138578
Editor(s)
E C Viano
Date Published
1992
Length
315 pages
Annotation
These 22 papers present the findings of theoretical and applied research regarding the nature, causes, and treatment of domestic assault and dating violence in the United States and several foreign countries.
Abstract
Individual chapters present a model that requires the participation of the perpetrator, victim, and observer; describe an instrument that provides an alternative to the Conflict Tactics Scale for measuring the frequency and intensity of violent behavior; and present findings indicating the impact of locus of control and social isolation on wife abuse. Further papers analyze 10,000 crisis calls of battered women to the Atlanta Council of Battered women, review police records of homicides committed by women in Chicago and Houston, and discuss 83 homicide cases involving men and women in intimate relationships in Chicago and Philadelphia. Other papers examine the factors that influence women inflicting and sustaining sexual abuse in dating relationships, compare the characteristics of abused and nonabused females in dating relationships, describe the personality characteristics of male batterers, and explore assessment and treatment approaches. Further chapters examine attitudes and institutional responses to spousal abuse in Colombia, Austria, Australia, India, Bangladesh, and Korea.