Ch13 Flashcards
(26 cards)
What is Domestic Violence?
Any violence occurring between family members
Historically was tolerated and not subject to legal sanctions.
What major movements in the 1980s focused on Domestic Violence?
Women’s liberation movement and growth of feminism
Define Intimate Partner Violence (IPV).
Violence between intimate partners living together or separated
What does the Revised Conflict Tactics Scale (CTS2) measure?
Frequency of experience and engagement in abusive behavior
List the five scales in the Revised Conflict Tactics Scale (CTS2).
- Negotiation
- Psychological
- Physical assault
- Sexual coercion
- Injury
What type of aggression does the Psychological scale of the CTS2 include?
Verbal/indirect aggression
What are the findings from meta-analyses of CTS scales regarding gender and violence?
- Males and females engage in equal rates of violence
- Females engage in minor physical aggression, while males in more severe
- Males are more likely to underreport
What is a criticism of the CTS2?
Does not include all potential violent acts
What percentage of women reported being injured in their most recent violent episode?
40%
What did the large-scale Canadian survey in 2014 reveal about IPV?
1% of men and women experienced physical or sexual assault in the past year
True or False: Violence against women is less likely to be reported than violence against men.
False
What is the rate of dating violence perpetration among Canadian university men?
25.1%
What does the Patriarchy theory explain in the context of IPV?
Cultural beliefs and values that support male dominance of women
What does Social Learning Theory (Bandura, 1973) emphasize regarding IPV?
Observational learning of rewarded behavior
What are the reasons that battered women stay in abusive relationships?
- For the children (31%)
- Give the relationship another chance (24%)
- Partner’s promise of change (17%)
- Lack of money or a place to go (9%)
What are barriers for victims of IPV?
- Environmental (e.g., resources such as money)
- Social (e.g., don’t want children to suffer)
- Psychological (e.g., feel safer in the relationship than leaving)
List the categories of male batterers based on severity of violence.
- Family-only batterer
- Dysphoric/borderline batterer
- Generally violent/antisocial batterer
What type of batterer engages in the least amount of violence?
Family-only batterer
What are the typologies of female batterers?
- Partner-only (PO)
- Generally violent (GV)
What characterizes Level 1 in the typology of battered women?
Mild to moderate levels of abuse resulting in few injuries
What is the focus of the Duluth Model in treating male batterers?
Focus on patriarchal ideology
What is the estimated drop-out rate for the Duluth Model treatment?
~75%
What does cognitive-behavioral therapy emphasize in the treatment of male batterers?
Violence as a learned behavior
What is a significant predictor of treatment completion for male batterers?
Employment
