NCJ Number
90543
Date Published
1981
Length
0 pages
Annotation
Spouse abuse can occur at any economic level and in any social class. An upper middle-class setting, a blue-collar setting, and a rural environment are used to portray common wife abuse patterns and outcomes.
Abstract
The benefits of group therapy for abusive husbands are shown in one film, where a husband learns to verbalize his feelings instead of taking out his frustrations in a physical way. In another film, the veneer of holiday joy is shattered following a Christmas party at a couple's middle-class home when the husband hits his wife because he is frustrated about his job. The last film portrays a husband's anxiety when he discovers that his abused wife has left him. For the individual films, see NCJ 90544-46.