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The Domestic Assault of Women relates social and criminal justice policy to empirically tested social psychological theory about the causes and effects of wife assault. Donald G. Dutton argues that only by understanding the psychology of both the aggressors and the victims of wife assault can we generate informed social and criminal justice policy. By linking the psychological factors that support assaultive habits to police arrest policy and subsequent treatment, Dutton shows how police/therapist intervention can interrupt assaultive behaviour and prevent recidivism.

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• Preface
• 2 Explanations for Wife Assault: Psychiatry, Sociobiology, and Sociology(p. 26)
• 3 The Social Psychology of the Wife Assaulter: The Theory(p. 63)
• 4 The Social Psychology of the Wife Assaulter: The Research Studies(p. 97)
• 5 The Abusive Personality(p. 121)
• 6 Effects on the Victim(p. 161)
• 7 Traumatic Bonding(p. 189)
• 8 The Criminal Justice Response to Wife Assault(p. 218)
• 9 The Treatment of Wife Assault(p. 250)
• 10 The Future(p. 280)
• Notes(p. 297)
• References(p. 301)
• Subject Index(p. 325)
• Author Index(p. 329)

Notas de autor provistas por Syndetics

Donald G. Dutton is a professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of British Columbia. He has served as an expert witness in domestic violence cases and worked with the police to develop a teaching program for them. He has also provided group therapy for wife assaulters and has worked with battered wives.