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Social Factor and Victim-Offender Differences in Courtship Violence

NCJ Number
105806
Journal
Family Relations Volume: 36 Issue: 1 Dated: (January 1987) Pages: 87-91
Author(s)
J M Makepeace
Date Published
1987
Length
5 pages
Annotation
Social factor differences between subjects with and without courtship violence and between male offenders and female victims were explored in voluntary, anonymous data for 2,338 college students in the 'Seven College Survey.'
Abstract
Courtship violence was related to stress and isolation but not to approval of violence in other situations or self-esteem. Rates were also higher for those with egalitarian values, females, and those with very high and low incomes and urban residence. In addition, rates were higher for those who experienced disrupted families, harsher and less close parenting, early dating, poor academic achievement, suspensions/expulsions, alcohol problems, and frequent firings from jobs. Offender victim differences were significant for only three measures: offenders reported more church attendance, less closeness to fathers, and greater approval of violence. Thus, those experiencing courtship violence differ from those who do not, and both victims and offenders show problematic social profiles. 2 tables and 43 references.

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