STRAUS, UNIVERSITY DEL NEWHAMPSHIRE: RICONOSCERE LA VIOLENZA FEMMINILE PER PREVENIRE QUELLA MASCHILE

Addressing Violence by Female Partners Is Vital to Prevent or Stop Violence Against Women: Evidence From the Multisite Batterer Intervention Evaluation

Murray A. Straus

del prof. Murray A. Straus, PhD, University of NewHampshire, Family Research Laboratory, Durham

Abstract

This article presents a reanalysis of data from Gondolf’s (2012) article in this journal on reoffending  by men in the 15-month period subsequent to participation in batterer intervention programs. Gondolf concludes that violence by the female partners “was relatively low and does not appear to influence the program outcome in terms of men’s reassault” (p. 10). The reanalyzed data lead to the opposite conclusion. The policy and practice implications are that the high rate of assault by women, including

initiation of violence by female partners, needs to be addressed to enhance the effectiveness of programs to prevent and stop violence against women.

Keywords

assault, gender symmetry, partner violence, prevention, treatment

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TRENTA ANNI DI NEGAZIONI CHE LA VIOLENZA DI GENERE E' UGUALMENTE RIPARTITA...

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Abstract
The first part of this article summarizes results from more than 200 studies that have found gender symmetry in perpetration and in risk factors and motives for physical violence in martial and dating relationships. It also summarizes research that has found that most partner violence is mutual and that self-defense explains only a small percentage of partner violence by either men or women. The second part of the article documents seven methods that have been used to deny, conceal, and distort the evidence on gender symmetry. The third part of the article suggests explanations for the denial of an overwhelming body of evidence by reputable scholars. The concluding section argues that ignoring the overwhelming evidence of gender symmetry has crippled prevention and treatment programs. It suggests ways in which prevention and treatment efforts might be improved by changing ideologically based programs to programs based on the evidence from the past 30 years of research.

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"Thirty Years of Denying the Evidence on Gender Symmetry in Partner Violence: Implications for Prevention and Treatment" del prof. Murray A. Straus, PhD, University of NewHampshire, Family Research Laboratory, Durham

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