University of British Columbia Press
The Domestic Assault of Women
Psychological and Criminal Justice Perspectives
9780774804622
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The Domestic Assault of Women
Psychological and Criminal Justice Perspectives
The Domestic Assault of Women relates social and criminal justice policy to empirically tested social psychological theory about the causes and effects of wife assault. Donald G. Dutton argues that only by understanding the psychology of both the aggressors and the victims of wife assault can we generate informed social and criminal justice policy. By linking the psychological factors that support assaultive habits to police arrest policy and subsequent treatment, Dutton shows how police/therapist intervention can interrupt assaultive behaviour and prevent recidivism.
348 pages
Table of Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
1 History and Incidence of Wife Assault
2 Explanations for Wife Assault: Psychiatry, Sociobiology, and Sociology
3 The Social Psychology of the Wife Assaulter: The Theory
4 The Social Psychology of the Wife Assaulter: The Research Studies
5 The Abusive Personality
6 Effects on the Victim
7 Traumatic Bonding
8 The Criminal Justice Response to Wife Assault
9 The Treatment of Wife Assault
10 The Future
Notes
References
Index