Rethinking Domestic Violence

by Dutton, Donald G.

• ISBN13: 9780774810159
• ISBN10: 0774810157
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-02-28
• Publisher: Univ of British Columbia Pr

Summary

Rethinking Domestic Violence reviews research in the area of intimate partner violence. The research crosses disciplinary lines, including social and clinical psychology, sociology, psychiatry, criminology, and criminal justice research. Since the area of intimate partner violence is so heavily politicized, Dutton tries to steer through conflicting claims by assessing the best research methodology. As a result, he comes to some new conclusions about intimate partner violence. After 20 years of viewing intimate partner violence as generated by gender and focusing on a punitive "law and order" approach, Dutton now argues that this approach must be more varied and flexible. Treatment providers, criminal justice systems personnel, lawyers, and researchers have indicated the need for a new view of the problem--one less invested in gender politics and more open to collaborative views and interdisciplinary insights.

Author Biography

Donald G. Dutton teaches in the Department of Psychology at the University of British Columbia

Table of Contents

Preface	p. ix
The History of Spouse Assault	p. 3
Nested Ecological Theory	p. 18
Measurement and Incidence of Abuse	p. 41
Theories of Wife Assault: Psychiatric Contributions	p. 62
Feminist and Sociobiological Explanations for Intimate Partner Violence	p. 95
The Gender Debate and the Feminist Paradigm	p. 109
The Domestic Assault of Men	p. 130
The Social Psychology of the Perpetrator	p. 155
Subtypes of Perpetrators	p. 184
The Cycle of Violence and the Abusive Personality	p. 211
Relationship/Interactionist Explanations	p. 234
The Failure of Criminal Justice Intervention Policy	p. 249
Risk Assessment	p. 273
Treatment Policy Issues	p. 288
Treatment: The Next Step	p. 320
Rethinking the Response to Domestic Violence	p. 341
Notes	p. 350
Index	p. 352
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