Challenges stereotypes of men as perpetrators of violence and women as their victims. Reviews statistics and research in violent crime, domestic violence, and sexual abuse. Notes that viewing how men are victimized allows for more comprehensive understanding of victimization of men and women. Suggests strategies to aid in clinical recognition and…

Showed films depicting both violent and nonviolent husband-wife interactions to 60 romantically involved college couples and asked couples to report frequency with which both violent and nonviolent events occurred. Results indicated that men were more accurate in reporting violent events whereas women were more accurate in reporting nonviolent…

Provides a practical step-by-step model to guide all family therapists when working with couples involved in marital violence. Encourages therapists to determine whether violence is occurring, select a treatment modality, and either make arrangements to treat or refer to appropriate therapist. Five steps are outlined for use when conjoint couple…

Reviews clinical, theoretical, and empirical literature on wife abuse/abusers. Presents historical and contextual information, overview of domestic violence, prevalence data, and descriptions of evolution and current status of public and professional awareness and response. Proposes integrative model for understanding etiologic, dynamic, and…

Responds to previous article (Carden, this issue) that reviewed clinical, theoretical, and empirical literature on wife abuse and abusers. Contends that, although Carden did excellent job of summarizing available information on batterers, she did not take a stance and defend it, both in regard to existing literature and her proposed integrative…

Responds to previous article (Carden, this issue) that reviewed clinical, theoretical, and empirical literature on wife abuse and abusers. Sees Carden's article as excellent and much-needed example of counseling psychology mainstreaming issues of violence against women. Focuses comments on fear of blaming the victim and stopping male violence. (NB)

Responds to previous article (Carden, this issue) that reviewed clinical, theoretical, and empirical literature on wife abuse/abusers. Notes that Carden capably and fairly highlights distinctions between different theories of battering. States that no current theory is sufficient for exploring wife abusers and that theorizing and practice should…

Responds to previous article (Carden, this issue) that reviewed clinical, theoretical, and empirical literature on wife abuse and abusers. Argues that Carden's version of systems theory is too narrow and makes implications about causality and responsibility for wife abuse that would be rejected by most contemporary family therapists including…

Assessed substance abuse and domestic violence in family therapy clients. Findings from 262 case records revealed that 12 percent of clients originally presented domestic violence as main issue and 3 percent presented substance abuse as main issue. However, 40 percent had domestic violence as therapeutic issue during treatment, and 30 percent had…

Examined role of social isolation in greater incidence of aggression in cohabiting couples than married persons using national survey data from 13,017 respondents. Claims these factors are related to cohabitors' aggression: they are likely to be youthful and black; lack social control associated with participation in organizations; and tend to…

Examined demographic and situational factors related to killing of women by male intimate partners. Data from 23 men incarcerated for such homicides revealed portrait of offender as while male, aged 20-24, employed full-time prior to imprisonment, coming from stable childhood. Findings suggest that persons who are separated are most frequent…

Factors related to a woman's return to an abusive environment are reviewed. The motivation for a committed Christian woman to remain in an abusive marriage may be explained by exploring the development of her values and beliefs. Implications for counseling and possible interventions and counseling approaches are considered. (Author/EMK)

Expands common definitions of how children witness adult domestic violence through a review of 31 research articles. A variety of behavioral, emotional, and cognitive-functioning problems among children were found to be associated with exposure to domestic violence. Factors that appear to moderate the impact of witnessing violence (child abuse,…

Describes past perceptions of battered women's protection of their children. Examines the role of the child protection service worker in cases where an abused mother does not leave or returns to a household with an abusive male. Discusses the differences in the roles of child protection service professional and domestic violence professionals.…

Examination of the records of 37 school-age children whose mothers sought help from a battered women's shelter found that, although the symptoms of those who had witnessed their mothers' battering differed somewhat from those of the children who had been abused, the significant similarities warrant a redefinition of spousal abuse as a form of…