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Intimate Partner Violence In The Great Recession, Daniel Schneider, Kristen Harknett, Sara Mclanahan
Intimate Partner Violence In The Great Recession, Daniel Schneider, Kristen Harknett, Sara Mclanahan
Kristen Harknett
A Comparison Of Alexithymia Levels Of Male Intimate Partner Abuse Perpetrators And Men From The General Community, James Strickland
A Comparison Of Alexithymia Levels Of Male Intimate Partner Abuse Perpetrators And Men From The General Community, James Strickland
James Strickland
Intimate partner abuse (IPA) is a significant social issue with diverse and complex risk factors. Recent attention, however, has been placed on the individual psychological and emotional factors associated with IPA, including deficits in the processing of emotions. The construct of alexithymia, which involves difficulties identifying and describing emotions, integrates some of these emotional deficits. Currently, no published research has examined the levels of alexithymia among Australian men who perpetrate IPA. The aim of the current study was to compare the alexithymia levels of IPA perpetrators (n = 31) with those of men from the general community (n = 34) …
Victimology Of Interpersonal Violence: A Comprehensive Outlook Of Legislative Policies In India, Sukdeo Ingale
Victimology Of Interpersonal Violence: A Comprehensive Outlook Of Legislative Policies In India, Sukdeo Ingale
Sukdeo Ingale
Victimology is future of criminology. Hence, in contemporary era, every crime needs to be relooked through the ‘injured eyes’ of victim. Against this backdrop, this study investigates a largely unexplored area in victimology i.e. the victimization of men in interpersonal violence. The main object of the study is to evaluate the existence of men victimization by misuse of different laws and to describe and analyze how misuse of different laws by women and systematic bias against men increased probability of men victimization. After extensive literature review, the author found that the rate of men victimization throughout glob is increasing day …
Domestic Homicide: Female Victim’S Employment Status As A Risk Factor, Sharlette A. Kellum
Domestic Homicide: Female Victim’S Employment Status As A Risk Factor, Sharlette A. Kellum
Dr. Sharlette A. Kellum-Gilbert
This study investigated whether a significant relationship exists between a woman’s employment status and the potentiality of her being killed while in an abusive relationship. Would an abusive man be more likely to kill his female intimate partner if she sought independence from him (e.g., employment away from the home)? If he saw the woman’s employment as a means of leaving the abusive environment, he might consider ending her life before she could successfully leave the relationship. There was also a question of whether or not there were other factors related to domestic homicides. Men who kill the women they …