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Peer reviewedAvis, Judith Myers – Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 1992
Reviews research to document epidemic proportions of physical violence and sexual abuse in North American families. Delineates gender dimensions of the problem, with men being predominant perpetrators of sexual abuse of both boys and girls and major physical abusers in couple relationships. Presents feminist perspective for thinking about abuse…
Descriptors: Battered Women, Child Abuse, Family Counseling, Family Violence
Peer reviewedDewhurst, Ann Marie; And Others – Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, 1992
Compared 19 sexual offenders, 22 batterers, 10 violent community comparison subjects, and 21 community comparison subjects on demographic, personality, and attitudinal variables. Discriminating variables correctly classified 75 percent of participants. Hostility toward women and depression were two best discriminating variables, suggesting that…
Descriptors: Aggression, Attitudes, Battered Women, Criminals
