Journal articles: 'Violent women'

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Pollock, Joycelyn M., Janet L. Mullings, and Ben M. Crouch. "Violent Women." Journal of Interpersonal Violence 21, no. 4 (April 2006): 485–502. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0886260505285722.

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Vevera, J., I. Žukov, T. Morcinek, and H. Papežová. "Cholesterol concentrations in violent and non-violent women suicide attempters." European Psychiatry 18, no. 1 (February 2003): 23–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0924-9338(02)00011-1.

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AbstractThe aim of this study was to evaluate whether women with a history of violent suicide attempts have lower serum cholesterol concentrations than those who attempted suicide by non-violent methods. Our retrospective study used a case-control design to compare serum total cholesterol concentration, hematocrit, red blood cell count and body mass index (BMI) in women with a history of violent (n = 19) or non-violent (n = 51) suicide attempts and of non-suicidal controls (n = 70) matched by diagnosis and age. Analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) with age as the covariate was used to analyze differences in cholesterol levels in groups according to violence. Violence was found to be a significant factor (P = 0.016). Using the Scheffé test, a significant difference (P = 0.011) was revealed between the group of violent and non-violent suicide attempters and between the violent suicide attempters and the control group. Patients with a violent suicidal attempt have significantly lower cholesterol levels than patients with non-violent attempts and the control subjects. Our findings suggest that suicide attempts should not be considered a homogenous group. They are consistent with the theory that low levels of cholesterol are associated with increased tendency for impulsive behavior and aggression and contribute to a more violent pattern of suicidal behavior.

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Thomson, Nicholas D. "An Exploratory Study of Female Psychopathy and Drug-Related Violent Crime." Journal of Interpersonal Violence 35, no. 3-4 (February 3, 2017): 794–808. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0886260517690876.

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There is a clear link between drugs and violence, and the extensive burden drug-related violence inflicts on society. However, drug-related violence is largely understudied, especially in female populations. The aim of the present study was to explore whether women convicted of drug-related violent crime differed on individual-level risk factors from women convicted of a nondrug-related violent crime and women convicted of nonviolent crimes. One hundred and twenty-five female inmates were classified using official criminal records. Multinomial logistic regression indicated inmates higher in antisocial psychopathic traits and low level of educational attainment were more likely to be in the drug-related violent crime group. In comparison, inmates higher in callous psychopathic traits were more likely to be in the nondrug-related violent crime group. Using official records of prison misconduct, a secondary aim tested whether prison violence increased the likelihood of being in either of the violent crime groups. Results show inmates who had committed violent misconducts over a 6-month period were more likely to be the nondrug-related violent crime group. Prison violence did not differentiate inmates in the nonviolent crime group from the drug-related violent crime group. These findings are the first to explore the relation between psychopathy and drug-related violent crime, and drug-related violent crime predicting future violent behavior in female criminals. This study demonstrates the heterogeneity in female violent behavior. Furthermore, psychopathy is not only shown to be an important risk factor for violence in women but also highlights that the dimensional construct is essential for understanding context-dependent violence.

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Santos-Febres, Mayra. "From “Violent Women”." Review: Literature and Arts of the Americas 50, no. 1 (January 2, 2017): 92–93. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08905762.2017.1341163.

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Cramer, Elizabeth, Judith McFarlane, Barbara Parker, Karen Soeken, Concepcion Silva, and Sally Reel. "Violent Pornography and Abuse of Women: Theory to Practice." Violence and Victims 13, no. 4 (January 1998): 319–32. http://dx.doi.org/10.1891/0886-6708.13.4.319.

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To examine violent pornography use and associated violence against women, an ethnically stratified sample of 198 abused women were asked about their partners’ use of pornographic materials, and if they had been asked or forced to look at, act out, or pose for pornographic scenes or pictures. Overall, 40.9% of the women reported the abuser used pornographic material, with the proportion significantly higher for Whites (58.7%), compared to Blacks (27.1 %) or Hispanics (38.5%). When groups were formed according to the abuser’s use of pornography and associated involvement of the woman, violence scores as measured on the Index of Spouse Abuse, Danger Assessment, and Severity of Violence Against Women scales were significantly higher (p = <.001) for women reporting the abuser requested or forced her to look at, act out, or pose for pornographic scenes. Severity of violence was not related simply to whether or not the abused used pornography. This analysis is a beginning step toward understanding how pornography influences woman abuse.

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Babcock, Julia C., Sarah A. Miller, and Cheryl Siard. "Toward a Typology of Abusive Women: Differences Between Partner-Only and Generally Violent Women in the Use of Violence." Psychology of Women Quarterly 27, no. 2 (June 2003): 153–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1471-6402.00095.

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Based on previous typologies of domestically violent men ( Holtzworth-Munroe & Stuart, 1994 ), women who were referred to a treatment agency for abusive behavior ( N = 52) were categorized into two groups based on the breadth of their use of violence: Partner-Only (PO) and Generally Violent (GV). PO women were hypothesized to use reactive violence, for example, out of fear or in self-defense, whereas GV women were hypothesized to use instrumental violence, that is, in order to exert control. Self-defense was assessed in three different ways and convergent validity was demonstrated for these three new measures. GV women reported using instrumental violence more than PO women, in a variety of situations. GV women tended to report more traumatic symptoms than PO women, although they did not experience significantly more abuse. GV women were more likely to witness their mothers' physical aggression. Thus, we theorize that GV women have been socialized to believe that it is acceptable for women to use violence to resolve conflict. Trauma history and violent socialization should be addressed clinically.

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DeJean, Joan. "Violent Women and Violence against Women: Representing the “Strong” Woman in Early Modern France." Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society 29, no. 1 (September 2003): 117–47. http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/375709.

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Saunders, Daniel G. "When Battered Women Use Violence: Husband-Abuse or Self-Defense?" Violence and Victims 1, no. 1 (January 1986): 47–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.1891/0886-6708.1.1.47.

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A controversy exists regarding the nature of violence committed by women against their intimate partners. When battered women are violent it is not known if the violence should be labeled mutual combat,” “husband abuse,” or “self-defense.” Following a review of studies comparing the extent of husbands’ and wives’ victimization and some conceptual issues regarding self-defense, data are presented from 52 battered women on their motives for using violence against their partners. The most frequent reason for violence reported by the women was for self-defense. Only one woman reported initiating an attack with severe violence in more than half of her violent acts. Only eight percent of the women reported that nonsevere violence was used to initiate an attack more than half of the time. The concepts of “self-defense” and “fighting back” were significantly and positively correlated; that is, many women saw them as being the same. The women’s self-reports were not contaminated by social desirability response bias. The results are discussed in the context of the need to collect data on relevant explanatory variables in family violence research and the application of a feminist perspective to reduce bias in such research.

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Mondani, Hernan, Amir Rostami, Tina Askanius, Jerzy Sarnecki, and Christofer Edling. "Women in Violent Extremism in Sweden." Proceedings 77, no. 1 (May 7, 2021): 15. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/proceedings2021077015.

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This presentation summarizes a register-based study on women who have been identified as belonging to three violent extremist milieus in Sweden: violent Islamic, violent far-right, and violent far-left extremism. We studied the women in these milieus along a number of analytical dimensions, ranging from demographic and educational to criminal background and network relationships, and compared them to three reference groups: (i) non-extremist biological sisters to female extremists in the study population; (ii) men in the respective extremist milieus; and (iii) female members of other antagonistic milieus such as organized crime. Our results showed that there are both similarities and differences between groups. In some cases, like age and region of birth, there are commonalities between violent far-right and violent far-left women. Regarding region of birth and migration background, women affiliated to violent far-right and violent far-left extremism are predominantly born in Sweden. Women affiliated to violent Islamic extremism tend to be born in Sweden to a greater extent than men in the same milieu, but to a much lesser degree than women in the violent far-right and violent far-left. When it comes to education, women in the violent Islamic milieu are closer to women in violent far-right extremism. Women in violent far-left extremism perform best at school, with consistently higher grades. The average score of women in violent far-left extremism is identical to that of their sisters, and women in violent far-left extremism perform on average substantially better than men in the same milieu. Women in violent Islamic extremism, in contrast, perform on average similarly to men in violent far-left extremism, and they perform better than their biological sisters. Regarding labor market attachment, violent Islamic extremists have the weakest attachment and the highest dependency upon financial assistance as well as a low employment share (36 percent in 2016), but also a relatively high share of individuals with a high number of unemployment days, suggesting that women in violent Islamic extremism experience higher social exclusion. We find the highest employment share among women in violent far-left extremism, where 89 percent are gainfully employed in 2016 (80 percent for at least three of the last five years) and about a 20 percent unemployment share. Men in violent far-left extremism have an employment share around 10 percent below that of the women in far-left extremism for 2016. The highest fractions of individuals that have not been in contact with the health system due to mental disorders are among violent Islamic extremism, with the women’s fraction at 84 percent, compared to their non-extremist sisters and men in the same milieu that are just above 79 percent. Women in violent far-left extremism have the highest share of in-patient major mental disorders among the extremist milieus (3 percent), higher than men in the same milieu (less than 1 percent) as well as than women and their sisters in the other categories. During the period 2007–2016, 68 percent of individuals in the extremist milieus are covered by the register of suspected individuals. The coverage is substantially higher for men, 72 percent than for women, 43 percent. Compared to their sisters, women in all three milieus are criminally active to a much higher extent. However, women in all three milieus are less criminally active than women in other antagonistic milieus, among whom 67 percent have been suspected at least once. In all three milieus, the share of men with a criminal record is about twice as large as that of women. As far as the gender aspect is concerned, we know that extremist milieus generally have a conservative view of the role of women in society. In our results, this is reflected in the low rates of crime in women compared to men, and relatively marginal positions in the co-offending networks. The fact that women in violent far-left extremism have stronger positions in their networks than the other women in the study population is expected, given that the ideology of this milieu allows for greater equality. This means that women in violent far-left extremism participate more often than, e.g., women in violent far-right extremism, in political actions where violence is common. This pattern of gender roles and criminal involvement also holds concerning women in violent Islamic extremism. This milieu has a more traditional view of the role of women than views among even violent far-right extremists. Women in violent Islamic extremism are less involved in crime and, in particular, violent crime.

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Lysova, Alexandra. "A Violent Event Perspective on Women’s Involvement in Incidents of Severe Partner Violence." Violence and Victims 33, no. 5 (October 2018): 813–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.1891/0886-6708.vv-d-17-00094.

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There is a shortage of research that examines experiences of partner violence (PV) among high-risk, incarcerated women using a situational perspective. This study uses a “violent event perspective” and data from the Canadian-Based Women’s Experiences of Violence study to examine the sequential actions of intimate partners in a violent event. It also identifies the types of violent events based on women’s involvement in the incidents of severe PV. A total of 135 incarcerated women reported 295 incidents of severe violence with a partner. Findings suggest that PV experiences of women in this clinical sample are highly heterogeneous but mostly represent extreme forms of both victimization and perpetration. This study also identifies the heterogeneity of the types of PV events by providing insight into novel forms of violent dynamics.

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Weizmann-Henelius, Ghitta, Hanna Putkonen, Hannu Naukkarinen, and Markku Eronen. "Intoxication and violent women." Archives of Women's Mental Health 12, no. 1 (November 27, 2008): 15–25. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00737-008-0038-1.

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Radford, Jill, Lynne Harne, and Joy Trotter. "Disabled women and domestic violence as violent crime." Practice 18, no. 4 (December 2006): 233–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09503150601025204.

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Morash, Merry, Deborah A. Kashy, Jennifer E. Cobbina, and Sandi W. Smith. "Characteristics and Context of Women Probationers and Parolees Who Engage in Violence." Criminal Justice and Behavior 45, no. 3 (July 10, 2017): 381–401. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0093854817719103.

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For a sample of 396 women on probation and parole, this article presents the results of qualitative analysis that shows the nature of violence for a subgroup of 75 women who were convicted of a violent act. For the full sample of 396, the article also presents results of quantitative analyses that identify correlates of violent behavior. Women’s violent acts were most often assaults on people who were not intimate partners. Second and third most common violent acts were for assaults of an intimate partner and robbery, respectively. Quantitative analysis revealed that history of adult abuse and anger predicted violence. The effect of abuse on violent behavior was partially mediated by anger. Intercorrelations between anger, mental health problems, histories of being abused, and current substance abuse suggest the efficacy of assessing these attributes so that programming can provide individualized interventions that address co-occurring problems.

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Frieze, Irene Hanson, and Maureen C. McHugh. "Power and Influence Strategies in Violent and Nonviolent Marriages." Psychology of Women Quarterly 16, no. 4 (December 1992): 449–65. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1471-6402.1992.tb00268.x.

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How important is the use of physical violence in determining the balance of power within marriage? Do women in violent marriages make more use of indirect strategies in attempting to persuade their husbands than do women in nonviolent marriages? Is marital satisfaction related to influence styles? These questions are investigated by looking at decision making in couples and how this is related to the forms of influence strategies used by wives and husbands in violent and nonviolent marriages. Data from in-depth structured interviews with 137 self-identified battered wives and 137 comparison wives, some of whom were also found to have experienced violence from their husbands, are used to answer these questions. Results indicated that women with violent husbands used more influence strategies overall, although these women had less overall power in terms of decision making than did women with nonviolent husbands. The relationship of influence strategies to decision making was different for women with violent husbands than for those whose husbands were not violent. As expected, the use of coercive strategies related negatively to marital happiness, whereas positive strategies were positively predictive. Violence and other negative strategies should be included in future research on influence strategies in close relationships, and a positive–negative dimension should be included as a way of categorizing influence strategies.

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Swan, Suzanne C., Laura J. Gambone, Jennifer E. Caldwell, Tami P. Sullivan, and David L. Snow. "A Review of Research on Women’s Use of Violence With Male Intimate Partners." Violence and Victims 23, no. 3 (June 2008): 301–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.1891/0886-6708.23.3.301.

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This article provides a review of research literature on women who use violence with intimate partners. The central purpose is to inform service providers in the military and civilian communities who work with domestically violent women. The major points of this review are as follows: (a) women’s violence usually occurs in the context of violence against them by their male partners; (b) in general, women and men perpetrate equivalent levels of physical and psychological aggression, but evidence suggests that men perpetrate sexual abuse, coercive control, and stalking more frequently than women and that women also are much more frequently injured during domestic violence incidents; (c) women and men are equally likely to initiate physical violence in relationships involving less serious “situational couple violence,” and in relationships in which serious and very violent “intimate terrorism” occurs, men are much more likely to be perpetrators and women victims; (d) women’s physical violence is more likely than men’s violence to be motivated by self-defense and fear, whereas men’s physical violence is more likely than women’s to be driven by control motives; (e) studies of couples in mutually violent relationships find more negative effects for women than for men; and (f) because of the many differences in behaviors and motivations between women’s and men’s violence, interventions based on male models of partner violence are likely not effective for many women.

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Dean, Kimberlie, Elizabeth Walsh, Paul Moran, Peter Tyrer, Francis Creed, Sarah Byford, Tom Burns, Robin Murray, and Tom Fahy. "Violence in women with psychosis in the community: Prospective study." British Journal of Psychiatry 188, no. 3 (March 2006): 264–70. http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/bjp.bp.104.008052.

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BackgroundLittle is known about the determinants of violence in women with psychosis.AimsTo identify predictors of violence in a community sample of women with chronic psychosis.MethodThe 2-year prevalence of physical assault was estimated for a sample of 304 women with psychosis. Baseline socio-demographic and clinical factors were used to identify predictors of assault.ResultsThe 2-year prevalence of assault in the sample was 17%. Assaultive behaviour was associated with previous violence (OR=5.87, 95% CI 2.42–14.25), non-violent convictions (OR=2.63, 95% CI 1.17–5.93), victimisation (OR=2.46, 95% CI 1.02–5.93), African–Caribbean ethnicity (OR=2.24, 95% CI 1.02–4.77), cluster B personality disorder (OR=2.66, 95% CI 1.11–6.38) and high levels of unmet need (OR=1.17, 95%C11.01–1.35). An interaction between African–Caribbean ethnicity and cluster B personality disorder was identified in relation to violent outcome. Violent women were found to be more costly to services.ConclusionsNearly a fifth of community-dwelling women with chronic psychosis committed assault over a period of 2 years. Six independent risk factors were found to predict violence.

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Goulet, Annie, and Isabelle Giroux. "Les comportements violents: comparaison des couples selon que l'homme est perçu ou non par sa conjointe comme un joueur problèmatique." Journal of Gambling Issues, no. 30 (May 1, 2015): 73. http://dx.doi.org/10.4309/jgi.2015.30.9.

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Marital problems, reported by a vast majority of problem gamblers, could worsen into violent behaviors. The purpose of this study consists of comparing couples in which the woman perceives her partner as a problem gambler with couples in which the partner is perceived as a non-problem gambler regarding dimensions and severity of violent behaviors inflicted and experienced by the women. Telephone interviews were conducted with 156 participants, 54 of which were in a relationship with a perceived problem gambler. Results indicated that more women with a perceived problem gambler partner report committing behaviors of physical violence and severe forms of psychological/verbal violence, compared with those whose partner is not perceived as a problem gambler. A greater number of these women were also victim of physical and psychological/verbal violence and of severe forms of these types of violence. In the long term, a better understanding of violence among these couples will provide guidelines to adapt interventions offered to gamblers and their relatives.

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Latumaerissa, Denny. "Kajian Kriminologi Terhadap Kekerasan Yang Dilakukan Oleh Perempuan di Kota Ambon." JURNAL BELO 5, no. 2 (May 19, 2020): 57–73. http://dx.doi.org/10.30598/belobelovol5issue2page57-73.

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Essentially violent crime can occur wherever, anytime, and can be done by anyone without any distinction sex. That is guilty can male or female. The reality that occurs suggests that female also often perpetrated a violent crimes. Such as happened in the city of Ambon, which according to the data from Polresta P.Ambon and P. P lease, suggests that from 2017 until 2019, there are 14 ( fourteen ) violence made by women on jurisdiction. That has been a problem in writing this is what has been factor-factor cause violence carried out by women in the city ambon. Factors influencing the so that a woman committed violence in the city of Ambon is the family, the motivation, / sexual disorder of sexual perversion, and the role of the victim

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Latumaerissa, Denny. "Kajian Kriminologi Terhadap Kekerasan Yang Dilakukan Oleh Perempuan di Kota Ambon." JURNAL BELO 5, no. 2 (May 19, 2020): 57–73. http://dx.doi.org/10.30598/belovol5issue2page57-73.

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Essentially violent crime can occur wherever, anytime, and can be done by anyone without any distinction sex. That is guilty can male or female. The reality that occurs suggests that female also often perpetrated a violent crimes. Such as happened in the city of Ambon, which according to the data from Polresta P.Ambon and P. P lease, suggests that from 2017 until 2019, there are 14 ( fourteen ) violence made by women on jurisdiction. That has been a problem in writing this is what has been factor-factor cause violence carried out by women in the city ambon. Factors influencing the so that a woman committed violence in the city of Ambon is the family, the motivation, / sexual disorder of sexual perversion, and the role of the victim

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Temple, Jeff R., Rebecca Weston, and Linda L. Marshall. "Physical and Mental Health Outcomes of Women in Nonviolent, Unilaterally Violent, and Mutually Violent Relationships." Violence and Victims 20, no. 3 (June 2005): 335–59. http://dx.doi.org/10.1891/vivi.20.3.335.

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Despite equivocal findings on whether men or women are more violent, the negative impact of violence is greatest for women. To determine how gender asymmetry in perpetration affects women’s health status, we conducted a study in two phases with 835 African American, Euro-American, and Mexican American low-income women in Project HOW: Health Outcomes of Women. In Phase 1, we used severity and frequency of women’s and male partners’ violence to create six groups: nonviolent (NV), uni-directional male (UM) perpetrator, uni-directional female (UF) perpetrator and, when both partners were violent, symmetrical (SYM), male primary perpetrator (MPP), and female primary perpetrator (FPP). The MPP group sustained the most threats, violence, sexual aggression, and psychological abuse. They also reported the most fear. Injury was highest in the MPP and FPP groups. In Phase 2, we examined group differences in women’s health status over time for 535 participants, who completed five annual interviews. Surprisingly, women’s health in the MPP and FPP violence groups was similar and generally worse than if violence was uni-directional.

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Sowan-Basheer, Wafaa, and Zeev Winstok. "Partner Violence Beliefs, Attitudes, and Implications in Israeli Muslim Society." Partner Abuse 11, no. 2 (March 16, 2020): 179–95. http://dx.doi.org/10.1891/pa-d-19-00061.

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The purpose of the current article was to examine beliefs and attitudes around partner violence within Muslim society in Israel. The study addressed three gender-asymmetrical aspects of such beliefs: reasons for violence (the belief that men hurt their female partners to control them, and the belief that women hurt their male partners to protect themselves); violent behavior (the belief that men, more than women, are violent in intimate relationships); and the outcomes of violence (the belief that women, more than men, are injured as a result of intimate violence). The study also examines the attitude toward the appropriate social response to the problem (the belief that men who use partner violence should be condemned more than women should). First, the study compares men and women's belief levels and relates these to the accumulating empirical knowledge. Then, the study examines the difference between men and women in the relationship between the beliefs, as well as the effects of this on prevailing attitudes. The study was based on a community sample of 420 Muslim students. The research findings indicate that the belief that men, more than women, use physical violence in intimate relationships was the strongest belief of those tested and it was stronger among women than among men. The findings also indicate that among both men and women, the behavioral aspect does not affect the tendency for condemnation. On the other hand, among both, the consequences of violence affect condemnation. Theoretical and empirical implications of gender differences in physically violent behavior, Gender differences in consequences of physical partner violence, gender differences in condemnation of violent behavior and effects of beliefs on the attitude toward its condemnation were discussed.

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Nanfuka, Esther, Florence Turyomurugyendo, Eric Ochen, and Graham Gibbs. "Leaving a Violent Child Marriage: Experiences of Adult Survivors in Uganda." Social Sciences 9, no. 10 (September 29, 2020): 172. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/socsci9100172.

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Violence against women and girls remains a major public health threat the world over. A significant amount of violence experienced by women is perpetrated by their intimate partners. Moreover, the risk of experiencing intimate partner violence is amplified for women and girls who get married before turning 18. However, there is little documented information on how they escape such violent relationships. This article provides insight into the factors that help survivors of child marriage to leave violent relationships. It is based on in-depth interviews with 26 Ugandan women who married before they were 18. Four main factors helped child marriage survivors to leave violent unions: (1) having a secure base to return to; (2) reaching a tipping point in the relationship; (3) financial independence; and (4) intervention of a significant other. The significance of some factors varied with the age of the survivor at the point of leaving. It is concluded that parental support is a key facilitative factor for leaving violent relationships in the context of child marriage within a low resource setting. Interventions to promote positive parenting may significantly contribute to minimising the proportions of girls trapped in violent unions and incidences of child marriage in the long run.

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Stein, Sara F., Andrew A. Grogan-Kaylor, Maria M. Galano, Hannah M. Clark, and Sandra A. Graham-Bermann. "The Social and Individual Characteristics of Women Associated With Engagement With Multiple Intimate Violent Partners." Journal of Interpersonal Violence 34, no. 21-22 (November 2, 2016): 4572–96. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0886260516676477.

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Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a serious public health problem with known negative physical and mental health outcomes for women exposed. Studies have shown that with increased violence exposure, there are increased risks of negative outcomes for women. Likewise, chronicity of IPV across multiple partners is linked to more profound psychological suffering than acute exposure. However, little is known about the social- and individual-level characteristics of women that are correlated with engagement with multiple abusive partners. The current study ( N = 164) identifies the characteristics of women that are associated with the number of violent partners with which they have been involved, with 35% of the sample reporting multiple IPV relationships. Participants reported on the number of violent partners, demographic characteristics, trauma history, current trauma and depressive symptoms, and exposure to IPV, including physical, sexual, and psychological violence. Results of multiple regression analysis indicate that trauma history (childhood sexual abuse, being held hostage, and torture) and current psychological violence were associated with women’s engagement with multiple violent partners. Additional findings reveal that identification as African American and White was associated with greater re-engagement compared with identification as Latina. Finally, current exposure to sexual violence was associated with fewer violent partners. The clinical implications of these findings for treatment for women at risk for engagement with multiple partners in IPV relationships are discussed.

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Mechanic, Mindy B., Terri L. Weaver, and Patricia A. Resick. "Intimate Partner Violence and Stalking Behavior: Exploration of Patterns and Correlates in a Sample of Acutely Battered Women." Violence and Victims 15, no. 1 (January 2000): 55–72. http://dx.doi.org/10.1891/0886-6708.15.1.55.

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The aims of this study were to provide descriptive data on stalking in a sample of acutely battered women and to assess the interrelationship between constructs of emotional abuse, physical violence, and stalking in battered women. We recruited a sample of 114 battered women from shelters, agencies, and from the community at large. Results support the growing consensus that violent and harassing stalking behaviors occur with alarming frequency among physically battered women, both while they are in the relationship and after they leave their abusive partners. Emotional and psychological abuse emerged as strong predictors of within- and postrelationship stalking, and contributed a unique variance to women’s fears of future serious harm or death, even after the effects of physical violence were controlled. The length of time a woman was out of the violent relationship was the strongest predictor of postseparation stalking, with increased stalking found with greater time out of the relationship. Results suggest the need to further study the heterogeneity of stalking and to clarify its relationship to constructs of emotional and physical abuse in diverse samples that include stalked but nonbattered women, as women exposed to emotional abuse, and dating violence.

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Casique Casique, Leticia, and Antonia Regina Ferreira Furegato. "Violence against women: theoretical reflections." Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem 14, no. 6 (December 2006): 950–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/s0104-11692006000600018.

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Violence appears in different forms and circumstances and involves distinct kinds of violent acts against children, women, elderly and other defenseless persons. This serious problem, which degrades women's integrity, is denoted by terms like domestic violence, gender violence and violence against women. Gender violence can appear as physical, psychological, sexual, economic violence, as well as violence at work. Violence against women committed by their intimate partners can be analyzed through the Ecological Model, which explains the close relation between individuals and their environment. Factors influencing people's behavior towards this violence should be analyzed with a view to establishing help programs.

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McKeown, Annette, and Ellen Harvey. "Violent women: treatment approaches and psychodynamic considerations." Journal of Criminological Research, Policy and Practice 4, no. 2 (June 11, 2018): 124–35. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jcrpp-08-2017-0025.

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Purpose Some psychodynamic approaches conceptualise female violence as a communication of experiences too difficult to think about. As practitioners, understanding what may be too painful to be thought about is incredibly important in assessment and treatment of forensic populations. Incorporating psychodynamic concepts such as splitting, transference, projection and counter-transference into formulation can be extremely helpful in understanding and formulating women’s risk of violence. The purpose of this paper is to introduce how psychodynamic concepts can be incorporated into understanding, assessment, formulation and treatment with this complex client group. This paper will also outline treatment approaches with this population. Design/methodology/approach This paper will review existing psychodynamic literature and apply this knowledge to working with violent female offenders. Translating theory into reflective practice will be presented. Findings This paper presents the value of incorporating psychodynamic considerations into existing strategies of understanding and working with violent female offenders. Ways forwards and research directions are proposed. Research limitations/implications This paper is focussed primarily on psychodynamic approaches to understanding this population Practical implications Psychodynamic concepts can add an additional dimension to formulation, supervision and treatment approaches with this population. Examining the meaning of violence perpetrated by women as well as enactments can improve practitioner’s depth of understanding. Empirical research examining the benefits of psychoanalytic supervision would be extremely useful to explore the impact on formulation, treatment approaches, treatment effectiveness, staff well-being and staff retention. Originality/value There is a lack of literature considering the application of psychodynamic constructs to help formulation of complex female offenders in the Offender Personality Disorder Pathway for women.

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Heward-Belle, Susan. "Exploiting the ‘good mother’ as a tactic of coercive control." Affilia 32, no. 3 (May 7, 2017): 374–89. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0886109917706935.

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This article examines the ways that domestically violent men assault women as mothers and their mothering. Drawing on in-depth interviews with 17 Australian men who had perpetrated domestic violence, this article reports their accounts of using this tactic. This tactic was found to be particularly pernicious and grounded in hegemonic representations of the “good mother.” Domestically violent men deployed this tactic instrumentally to exert power and control over women and children. Raising awareness of private and public assaults on women as mothers and their mothering is a critical step toward countering oppressive constructions of women mothering through domestic violence.

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Kruttschnitt, Candace. "Violence By and Against Women: A Comparative and Cross-National Analysis." Violence and Victims 8, no. 3 (January 1993): 253–70. http://dx.doi.org/10.1891/0886-6708.8.3.253.

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Drawing from different kinds and levels of analysis, this article synthesizes current knowledge on women’s violent offending and victimization cross-nationally. Individual-level data indicate characteristics and situations that put women at risk for violence within particular countries. Aggregate-level data concentrate on women’s risks of violent encounters across nations and the societal-level factors that are associated with these risks. This multinational, multilevel approach reveals substantial gaps between our understanding of the types of encounters in which women are at greatest risk for violence and the societal correlates that predict gender distributions in violence across nations.

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Anson, Ofra, and Shifra Sagy. "Marital Violence: Comparing Women in Violent and Nonviolent Unions." Human Relations 48, no. 3 (March 1995): 285–305. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/001872679504800304.

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Chen, Gila. "Violent Crime Among Israeli Inmates: Does Gender Matter?" Feminist Criminology 15, no. 3 (January 25, 2020): 319–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1557085120901861.

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The purpose was to examine (a) gender differences in violent crime, (b) gender differences in the risk factors related to violent offending, and (c) the factors that moderate the relationship between gender and violent crime among 290 inmates. The findings indicated no gender differences in violent crimes. The findings revealed that violent crime is associated with family crime, exposure to interparental violence, child abuse and neglect (CAN), and mental health. Low–medium economic status and CAN were associated with higher risk of violence only among the women. The findings highlight the intersection of CAN with self-destructive behaviors which require simultaneous interventions.

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Mandolfo, Carleen. "Women, Violence, and the Bible: The Story of Jael and Sisera as a Case Study." Biblical Interpretation 27, no. 3 (August 20, 2019): 340–53. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/15685152-00273p02.

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Abstract Biblical scholars need to pay more attention to violent women as feminist subjects, and violence as a means of enabling women, rather than the disabling that has occurred through a politically and conceptually strategic commitment to their victimization. This paper explores the feminist erasure of Jael’s violence in Judges 4, and asks whether this violence might be appreciated as a vehicle of feminist empowerment. This erasure does biblical women a disservice by not taking their violence seriously as a signifier of their identity as women. How might violent biblical women model a kind of radical agency that feminists have typically shied away from? Dismissing these female characters as patriarchal patsies robs them of what might be their last recourse to self-expression. Rather than requiring justification, their violence might better be heralded as a fundamental qualifier of their femininity.

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COLE, PATRICIA R. "Impoverished Women in Violent Partnerships." Violence Against Women 7, no. 2 (February 2001): 222–33. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/10778010122182415.

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Huggins, Martha K., and Marie-Louise Glebbeek. "Women Studying Violent Male Institutions:." Theoretical Criminology 7, no. 3 (August 2003): 363–87. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/13624806030073006.

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Lindop, Samantha. "Violent women in contemporary cinema." Continuum 32, no. 5 (April 18, 2018): 664–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10304312.2018.1458821.

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Minowa, Yuko, Pauline Maclaran, and Lorna Stevens. "Visual Representations of Violent Women." Visual Communication Quarterly 21, no. 4 (October 2, 2014): 210–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15551393.2014.987281.

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Edwards, Sarah R., and Verlin B. Hinsz. "EXPLORING ATTITUDINAL VARIABLES PREDICTIVE OF HOW MEN PERCEIVE RAPE." Problems of Psychology in the 21st Century 7, no. 1 (December 15, 2013): 16–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.33225/ppc/13.07.16.

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86 male university students completed an assessment battery regarding their attitudes towards women and beliefs about sexual violence, as well as their own intentions to be sexually violent. They read five vignettes depicting different situations in which women were raped, and answered questions about what they thought happened in the vignettes, i.e. whether the actions depicted were rape. Results showed only one of the constructs, acceptance of sexual violence, predicted men’s ability to recognize rape scenarios, whereas hostility towards women, adversarial sexual beliefs, rape myth acceptance and sex role stereotyping were not significant after acceptance of sexual violence was accounted for. Furthermore, men’s acceptance of sexual violence mediated the relationship of their perceptions of rape vignettes and their self-reported intentions to be sexually violent. Implications for further research in sexual violence and interventions to prevent acts of aggression towards women are discussed. Key words: rape, sexual aggression, violence against women.

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Hines, Denise A., Murray A. Straus, and Emily M. Douglas. "Using Dyadic Concordance Types to Understand Frequency of Intimate Partner Violence." Partner Abuse 11, no. 1 (January 1, 2020): 76–97. http://dx.doi.org/10.1891/1946-6560.11.1.76.

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Findings regarding women's perpetration of physical partner violence (PV) and bidirectional PV are a major source of controversy in the family violence literature. Questions remain as to how frequently women use PV, in comparison to men, when they are the sole perpetrators of PV and when involved in bidirectionally violent relationships. We also do not know much about women's perpetration and the bidirectionality of nonphysical forms of PV. To answer these questions, we used dyadic concordance types to categorize couples into bidirectionally violent, male-only violent, and female-only violent, and then analyzed the frequency with which the men and women used violence. We conducted these analyses for physical PV, verbal sexual PV, severe psychological PV, and controlling behaviors, among a population-based sample of 1,601 men, ages 18–59, who reported ever having a romantic relationship with a woman. Results indicated that for physical PV, severe psychological PV, and controlling behaviors, bidirectional PV was the most common, followed by female-only perpetration. Within bidirectionally aggressive relationships, women committed significantly more physical PV and controlling behaviors; there were no sex differences in frequency of PV perpetration for these three forms of PV for male-only versus female-only PV. The exception to this pattern was verbal sexual aggression, with men committing significantly more of these acts and male-only perpetration just as common as bidirectional aggression. Bidirectionally aggressive relationships were also the most aggressive. These findings lend support to a family systems perspective when seeking to understand PV and for assessing both victimization and perpetration when investigating PV.

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Goodman, Michael L., Andrea Hindman, Philip H. Keiser, Stanley Gitari, Katherine Ackerman Porter, and Ben G. Raimer. "Neglect, Sexual Abuse, and Witnessing Intimate Partner Violence During Childhood Predicts Later Life Violent Attitudes Against Children Among Kenyan Women: Evidence of Intergenerational Risk Transmission From Cross-Sectional Data." Journal of Interpersonal Violence 35, no. 3-4 (January 30, 2017): 623–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0886260516689777.

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Violence against children, including corporal punishment, remains a global concern. Understanding sources of support for corporal punishment within cultures, and the potential for intergenerational transmission of child maltreatment, is essential for policy-development and community engagement to protect children. In this study, we use data from a cross-section of women in Meru County, Kenya ( n = 1,974) to profile attitudes toward violence against children using the Velicer Attitudes Towards Violence–Child subscale. We find reported histories of sexual abuse, emotional and physical neglect, and witnessing interpersonal violence during childhood predict more violent attitudes toward children in adulthood. The pathway between these forms of child maltreatment and violent attitudes is significantly mediated by family function, perceived stress, and attitudes toward violence against women. Interventions to prevent sexual abuse, intimate partner violence, and promote attachments between parents and children may benefit future generations in this population. Furthermore, secondary prevention of the effects of these childhood adversities may require development of social support, improving family function and challenging violent attitudes against women.

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Witt, Katrina, Paul Lichtenstein, and Seena Fazel. "Improving risk assessment in schizophrenia: epidemiological investigation of criminal history factors." British Journal of Psychiatry 206, no. 5 (May 2015): 424–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/bjp.bp.114.144485.

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BackgroundViolence risk assessment in schizophrenia relies heavily on criminal history factors.AimsTo investigate which criminal history factors are most strongly associated with violent crime in schizophrenia.MethodA total of 13 806 individuals (8891 men and 4915 women) with two or more hospital admissions for schizophrenia were followed up for violent convictions. Multivariate hazard ratios for 15 criminal history factors included in different risk assessment tools were calculated. The incremental predictive validity of these factors was estimated using tests of discrimination, calibration and reclassification.ResultsOver a mean follow-up of 12.0 years, 17.3% of men (n=1535) and 5.7% of women (n=281) were convicted of a violent offence. Criminal history factors most strongly associated with subsequent violence for both men and women were a previous conviction for a violent offence; for assault, illegal threats and/or intimidation; and imprisonment. However, only a previous conviction for a violent offence was associated with incremental predictive validity in both genders following adjustment for young age and comorbid substance use disorder.ConclusionsClinical and actuarial approaches to assess violence risk can be improved if included risk factors are tested using multiple measures of performance.

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Tóth, Zsófia Anna. "Disney's violent women : in quest of a 'fully real' violent woman in American cinema." Brno studies in English, no. 1 (2017): [185]—212. http://dx.doi.org/10.5817/bse2017-1-11.

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Lake, Elise S. "An Exploration of the Violent Victim Experiences of Female Offenders." Violence and Victims 8, no. 1 (March 1, 1993): 41–51. http://dx.doi.org/10.1891/0886-6708.8.1.41.

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Female offenders are often portrayed as victims of violence, yet few studies have systematically examined such victimization. Violent experiences may both contribute to, and result from, crime - early family abuse may help propel a young woman into crime, and a criminal lifestyle may increase her risk of assault by strangers and intimate partners. Using data from 83 inmates, this study examined violent childhood and adult experiences, and explored possible linkages between victimization and offending. Although many women reported violent experiences, most striking was the high rate of assault by intimate partners. Early physical abuse was associated with earlier entry into crime, and with more diverse criminal activity. Attacks by strangers were more often reported by women who engaged in more frequent and diverse criminal activity. The data suggest that in order to understand female crime, additional research on the complex relationships between offending and victimization is warranted.

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Skoretz, Philip, and Chin Tang. "Stimulants for impulsive violence in schizophrenia spectrum disordered women: a case series and brief review." CNS Spectrums 21, no. 6 (May 16, 2016): 445–49. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1092852915000796.

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High violence prevalence is a common concern for forensic psychiatric settings. Categorizing underlying drivers of violence has helped to direct treatment and management efforts toward psychotic, predatory, and impulsively violent psychopathology. This article describes a series of cases in which clozapine provided adequate control of psychosis in women suffering schizophrenia-spectrum disorders. Nevertheless, impulsive violence remained problematic. Add-on methylphenidate was found to be safe and effective in curbing impulsive violent behavior in this select group of patients.

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Simmons, Johanna, Barbro Wijma, and Katarina Swahnberg. "Associations and Experiences Observed for Family and Nonfamily Forms of Violent Behavior in Different Relational Contexts Among Swedish Men and Women." Violence and Victims 29, no. 1 (2014): 152–70. http://dx.doi.org/10.1891/0886-6708.vv-d-12-00084.

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The aim of this study was to examine how lifetime experiences of different types of violent behavior as well as violence by different kinds of perpetrators overlap, and to investigate the co-occurrence of experiences of violent behavior by kind of perpetrator. This was done among both sexes in both a random sample from a county population (women n = 1,168, men n = 2,924) and a clinical sample (women n = 2,439, men, n = 1,767) in Sweden. More than 1 kind of perpetrator was reported by 33%–37% of female and 22%–23% of male victims of some kind of violence, whereas 47%–48% of female and 29%–31% of male victims reported more than 1 kind of violence. The reporting of 2 or 3 kinds of perpetrators was associated with the reporting of experiences of more than 1 kind of violent behavior. Health care providers must be trained to recognize the overlap of violent victimization and help prevent further victimization of those who already have such experiences.

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Foubert, John D., and Ana J. Bridges. "Predicting Bystander Efficacy and Willingness to Intervene in College Men and Women." Violence Against Women 23, no. 6 (July 9, 2016): 692–706. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1077801216648793.

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Students from two research universities completed items measuring the frequency of their using different kinds of pornography, and measures of their willingness and intent to intervene to help a bystander who might be experiencing sexual violence. Hierarchical logistic regressions showed that for men, violent/degrading pornography use, but not explicit but non-degrading pornography use, was significantly associated with reduced bystander willingness to intervene, but not associated with bystander efficacy. Women did not show the same impact of violent/degrading pornography use on the two bystander intervention variables. Results suggest violence/degrading pornography may contribute to a culture of acceptance of violence against women.

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Katz, Jennifer, Vanessa Tirone, and Melanie Schukrafft. "Breaking Up Is Hard to Do: Psychological Entrapment and Women’s Commitment to Violent Dating Relationships." Violence and Victims 27, no. 4 (2012): 455–69. http://dx.doi.org/10.1891/0886-6708.27.4.455.

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Psychological entrapment occurs when people continue investing in unfavorable situations after already devoting too much to lose. We predicted that women who already invested more time and resources into their relationships would exert effort to improve their relationships following partner violence. In turn, these efforts were expected to increase women’s subjective investment in, and thus, commitment to violent relationships. Undergraduate women (N = 98) in heterosexual relationships reported on partner violence and relationship duration at Time 1 and relationship sacrifices, subjective investment, and commitment at Times 1 and 2. As expected, women with violent partners who were in longer term relationships sacrificed more 6 weeks later. Unexpectedly, in multivariate analyses, Time 2 sacrifices were not significantly associated with Time 2 subjective investment, although subjective investment was positively associated with concurrent commitment. These results provide preliminary evidence for women’s entrapment in violent relationships.

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Lackey, Chad. "Violent Family Heritage, the Transition to Adulthood, and Later Partner Violence." Journal of Family Issues 24, no. 1 (January 2003): 74–98. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0192513x02238521.

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This article applies the age-graded theory of informal social control, an influential theory in the field of criminology, to explain continuity and change in the effect of violent family origins on later partner violence. The theory is tested on a sample of married and/or cohabiting men and women from a nationally representative panel study, in other words, the National Youth Survey. Path analysis indicates that among men, commitment to their partner and work during young adulthood mediates the effect of violent family heritage on later partner violence. Thus, these commitments represent the possibility of change for those on violent pathways. Regarding continuity in intergenerational transmission, the effects of adolescent violence on later partner violence are particularly strong for men. Among women, however, such evidence of behavioral continuity and change is limited. Implications for research and policy are discussed.

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Car, Viktorija, and Barbara Ravbar. "Mediated Representations of Violence Against Women." Tripodos, no. 50 (July 1, 2021): 131–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.51698/tripodos.2021.50p131-146.

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Violence against women and girls in the 21st century remains a common and profoundly consequential violation of women’s human rights. It is part of gender inequality, an integral part of the social system, and linked to other aspects of human and economic development. When reporting about it, the media produce additional damage by continuously highlighting the hostile and violent treatment of women. Representations of gender and sexuality in the news reinforce the common perception that women are sexual objects and therefore disadvantage women, continuously reinforcing imbalances of power between women and men. This study explores media representations in Croatian online media articles about violence against women. The results of analysis show how violence against women is framed as a private problem, how women are addressed as unfaithful wives and prostitutes which gives excuses for the perpetrator while the blame for the violence is partly shifted to the woman. Also, results show how the secondary victimization is manifested in articles, and how violence against women as a topic is exploited to attract the readers’ attention.

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Sánchez Herrero, José. "El miedo a la mujer: las mujeres violentas = Fear of Women: Violent Women." Espacio Tiempo y Forma. Serie III, Historia Medieval, no. 28 (June 25, 2015): 487. http://dx.doi.org/10.5944/etfiii.28.2015.14880.

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Namdiero-Walsh, Audrey. "Gender Based Violence in South Africa." Gewalt – Praktiken, Funktionen, kommunikative Werte, Motivationen 44, no. 4 (June 2021): 22–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.30820/0171-3434-2021-2-22.

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In Africa, and elsewhere, no unified masculine identity exists. However, in all societies, there are expectations about how male child and adult should act and behave. Each society determines gender roles and meanings of violent acts; and these meanings also vary depending on the context. This paper presents an overview on the common male child’s socialization practices in South Africa and how these contribute to a gender hierarchy that sees women as subordinate and even perpetuate violent behaviour against women. Using South Africa as example, where one of the world’s highest rates of violent crime and gender-based violence is recorded, this paper examines the association between apartheid’s racist and violent policies and existing masculine identities.

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Ghosh, Payel. "The Maternal Frame and the Rise of the Counterpublic Among Naga Women." Violence Against Women 26, no. 14 (September 1, 2020): 1751–59. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1077801220942840.

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Nagaland has witnessed violent conflict for over five decades. It is a heavily militarized space where draconian laws like the Armed Forces Special Powers Act allow army personnel to go unchallenged even after committing violent crimes. Few women have used their tradition-specific gendered role strategically to subvert gender norms and exhibit agency against violence within the conflict situation and the systemic violence that bars them from entering the public-political sphere. This article studies how women from the Naga tribal communities use their tradition-specific gender roles of motherhood to gain agency and resist the formation of a hostile, gendered social space.

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