Women's Use of Intimate Partner Violence against Men: Prevalence, Implications, and Consequences
Abstract
Evidence showing that women use intimate partner violence (IPV) against their male partners has existed since the 1970s when IPV was first systematically examined. This article discusses the various sources of prevalence rates of IPV by women against men, the dominant theoretical explanation for IPV in general, and its implications for female perpetrators and male victims in the social service and criminal justice systems, as well as the current evidence of the consequences of women's use of IPV to the men who sustain it. Finally, we discuss directions for future research, including our own study focusing on men who sustain IPV.
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The gender paradigm tends to shape police discretion to disregard male victims, while legal and political systems tend to be designed to mostly respond to the abuse of women.
“The gender paradigm, a view that men are predominantly the perpetrators of IPA against women (Dutton & Nicholls, 2005), tends to shape the discretion of the police to disregard male victims, while the legal and political systems tend to be designed to mostly respond to the abuse of women (Hines & Douglas, 2009; Kelly, 2003; Tsui et al., 2010).”
From Male Victims’ Experiences With and Perceptions of the Criminal Justice Response to Intimate Partner Abuse (2022) · cites this paper as Hines & Douglas, 2009
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“Male victims had also reported that, when they called the police during an incident of femaleperpetrated violence, the police did not always respond or take a report (Cook, 2009; Hines & Douglas, 2009).”
- Authors
- Hines, D. A., & Douglas, E. M.
- Affiliations
- Clark University (US)
- Bridgewater State University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Hines, Denise A.
- Venue
- Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment & Trauma
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2009-08-18
- Volume
- 18
- Issue
- 6
- Pages
- 572-586
- ISSN
- 1092-6771 (ISSN-L)
- 1545-083X
- OpenAlex
- W1966351992
- Cited by
- 153
- References
- 3
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 4.88
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Aggression Maltreatment & Trauma (publishedVersion)
- Journal of international women's studies (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Health › Intimate Partner and Family Violence
- Social Sciences › Demography › Elder Abuse and Neglect
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Stalking, Cyberstalking, and Harassment
- Keywords
- intimate partner violence, women offenders, male victims, gender-based violence, prevalence, social service system, criminal justice system, male victimization
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