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Joshi, Manisha; Sorenson, Susan B. – Evaluation Review, 2010
Using data that, to our knowledge, have not been used before for this purpose, we examined 9,231 opposite-sex intimate partner violence (IPV) calls for law enforcement assistance recorded in the Compstat system of a large U.S. city. Although women were the predominant victims, injuries were documented more often for men. Only about 1% of incidents…
Descriptors: Family Violence, Public Health, Law Enforcement, Intimacy
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Sorenson, Susan B.; Thomas, Kristie A. – Journal of Marriage and Family, 2009
Attitudes toward same-sex intimate relationships and intimate partner violence (IPV) are changing. Little research, however, has examined norms about IPV in same-sex relationships. Using a fractional factorial (experimental vignette) design, we conducted random-digit-dialed interviews in four languages with 3,679 community-residing adults.…
Descriptors: Sexual Orientation, Intimacy, Family Violence, Attitude Change