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An analysis of risk markers in husband to wife violence: the current state of knowledge.
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It seems that characteristics associated with either the husband-offender or the couple have greater utility for assessing the risk of husband to wife violence than characteristics of the wife-victim.Abstract:
The present review involves the evaluation of 97 potential risk markers of husband to wife violence. Using 52 case-comparison studies as the source of data, markers were divided into four categories: consistent risk, inconsistent risk, consistent nonrisk, and risk markers with insufficient data. Based on this classification, it appears that a number of widely held hypotheses about husband to wife violence have little empirical support. Only witnessing violence in the wife's family of origin was consistently associated with being victimized by violence. Furthermore, it seems that characteristics associated with either the husband-offender or the couple have greater utility for assessing the risk of husband to wife violence than characteristics of the wife-victim. Findings are discussed in terms of the methodological and theoretical implications of current research on this form of adult domestic violence.read more
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Wife battering: a preliminary survey of 100 cases.
TL;DR: There was an association between wife battering and child abuse, and places of sanctuary are needed where a woman can take her children when violence is out of control.
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Using Couple Data as a Methodological Tool: The Case of Marital Violence.
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors demonstrate the use of couple data as a methodological tool for the assessment of the validity of frequency estimates of violence and its relationship with other variables using the Conflict Tactics Scale.
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Interpersonal Violence among Married and Cohabiting Couples.
Kersti Yllo,Murray A. Straus +1 more
TL;DR: This article found that cohabitation should not be seen as a unitary phenomenon and that some cohabitors are much more violent than marrieds, whereas others are appreciably less violent.
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Alcohol use in wife abusers and their spouses
TL;DR: The present study provided an assessment of alcohol use in couples characterized by wife abuse, and correlational analyses revealed a number of significant relationships between husbands' self-reported drinking and wives' responses concerning their spouses' alcohol use.