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Typology of Domestic Violence Intimate Terrorism, Violent Resistance, and Situational Couple Violence

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ISBN-10: 1555536948

ISBN-13: 9781555536947

Edition: 2008

Authors: Michael P. Johnson

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Domestic violence, a serious and far-reaching social problem, has generated two key debates among researchers. The first debate is about gender and domestic violence. Some scholars argue that domestic violence is primarily male-perpetrated, others that women are as violent as men in intimate relationships. Johnson's response to this debate--and the central theme of this book--is that there is more than one type of intimate partner violence. Some studies address the type of violence that is perpetrated primarily by men, while others are getting at the kind of violence that women areinvolved in as well. Because there has been no theoretical framework delineating types of domestic violence,…    
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List price: $26.95
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Northeastern University Press
Publication date: 6/30/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 168
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.40" tall
Weight: 0.594
Language: English

MICHAEL P. JOHNSON is Associate Professor Emeritus of Sociology, Women's Studies, and African and African American Studies at Pennsylvania State University.

Introduction
Control and Violence in Intimate Relationships
Intimate Terrorism and Other Types of Partner Violence
Intimate Terrorism
Violent Resistance
Situational Couple Violence
Mutual Violent Control
Doing Research on Intimate Terrorism and Other Types of Partner Violence
Asking the Right Questions: The Nature of Coercive Control
Not Asking the Right Questions: The Battered Husband Fiasco
When the Right Questions Aren't Asked, Where Do We Find the Types?
Intimate Terrorism: Controlling Your Partner
The Basic Characteristics of (Heterosexual Men's) Intimate Terrorism
Nonviolent Control Tactics
The Nature and Pattern of the Violence
Who Are the Intimate Terrorists?
Two Types of Intimate Terrorists: Psychological Commonalities and Differences
Risk Markers for Intimate Terrorism
The Effects of Intimate Terrorism
Economic Effects
Physical Health
Psychological Health
Effects on the Relationship with the Abuser
Incipient Intimate Terrorism/Nonviolent Coercive Control
Fighting Back: Violent Resistance
Women Coping with Intimate Terrorism
Violent Resistance
Leaving
Desperate Acts
The Good News
Conflicts That Turn Violent: Situational Couple Violence
Variability in the Violence Itself
The Causes of Chronic Situational Couple Violence
Sources of Couple Conflict
Couple Communication Patterns That Affect Escalation to Violence
Individual Background and Personality Factors That Affect Escalation to Violence
The Effects of Situational Couple Violence
Physical Health
Psychological Health
The Relationship with the Abuser
The Essential Variability of Situational Couple Violence
Implications for Intervention, Prevention, and Research
Implications for Intervention
Shelters and Other Battered Women's Services
Law Enforcement
Batterer Programs
Family Court and Child Protective Services
Coordinated Community Response
Implications for Prevention
Implications for Research
Identifying Intimate Terrorism and Other Types of Partner Violence
Measuring Coercive Control
Identifying High Coercive Control
What Is the Role of Violence in the Typology?
The Data in this Book
Samples and Measures Used in the Analyses for This Book
Johnson et al.: Six Other Papers
Stalking and Separation-Precipitated Violence
Intimate Terrorism and the Risks of Leaving
Separation-Precipitated Violence That May Be Situational Couple Violence
Gender and Intimate Partner Violence
Gender and Intimate Terrorism
What About Situational Couple Violence?
A Note on Same-Sex Relationships
Notes
References
Index