| NCJ Number: |
159359  |
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| Title: |
Domestic Violence Against Men Is a Problem (From Violence: Opposing Viewpoints, P 143-146, 1996, David Bender, et al, eds. - - See NCJ-159343) |
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| Author(s): |
J Sherven; J Sniechowski |
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| Date Published: |
1996 |
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| Page Count: |
4 |
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| Sponsoring Agency: |
Greenhaven Press
Farmington Hills, MI 48333-9187 |
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| Sale Source: |
Greenhaven Press
P.O. Box 9187
Farmington Hills, MI 48333-9187
United States of America |
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| Type: |
Survey |
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| Language: |
English |
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| Country: |
United States of America |
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| Annotation: |
Women assault their husbands in equal or greater numbers than men abuse their wives, a fact undermining the myth that only men are violent, and society should acknowledge the responsibility of women in domestic violence. |
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| Abstract: |
According to a 1994 report issued by the Bureau of Justice Statistics, about 41 percent of spousal murders are committed by wives. In addition, the National Family Violence Survey indicates women and men physically abuse each other in roughly equal numbers. One study reports an estimated 1.8 million women annually suffer one or more assaults from a husband or a boyfriend, while 2 million men are assaulted by a wife or a girlfriend. In addition, mothers abuse their children at a rate approaching twice that of fathers. Because men have been taught to "take it like a man" and are ridiculed when they reveal they have been battered by women, women are nine times more likely to report their abusers to authorities. The need for society to hold both women and men accountable for their participation in domestic violence is emphasized. |
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| Main Term(s): |
Victims of violent crime |
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| Index Term(s): |
Abused women; Abusing spouses; Domestic assault; Female murderers; Female offenders; Female victims; Male female offender comparisons; Male female victim comparisons; Male offenders; Male survivors; Murder; Violent crimes; Violent men; Violent women |
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| Note: |
Opposing Viewpoints Series |
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