The Not-So-Obvious Psychology of Domestic Violence Perpetrators: The Personality Reviewed

1999 ◽  
Vol 44 (5) ◽  
pp. 429-431 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher Murphy
Keyword(s):  
Domestic Violence ◽  
Domestic Violence Perpetrators

scholarly journals ‘It’s a work in progress’: men’s accounts of gender and change in their use of coercive control

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 267-282 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julia Downes ◽  
Liz Kelly ◽  
Nicole Westmarland
Keyword(s):  
Domestic Violence ◽  
Gender Norms ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Criminal Offence ◽  
Coercive Control ◽  
Masculine Norms ◽  
Work In Progress ◽  
The Past ◽  
Letting Go ◽  
Domestic Violence Perpetrators

Over the past ten years the theoretical framework of ‘coercive control’ has been increasingly applied, critiqued and now underpins a criminal offence. While many argue that it more accurately reflects experiences of victimisation, there has been little exploration of coercive control through the accounts of perpetrators. Through two phased interviews with 64 men attending UK Domestic Violence Perpetrator Programmes, we examine how and why men use coercive tactics and how unpicking gender norms enabled some men to recognise and reduce their use of coercive control. We argue that coercive control is more dynamic, contestable and open to change than previous research has suggested. Some men did manage to take steps away from investing in traditional masculine norms and reduce their use of coercive tactics. However, this was an uneven and contradictory process which took time ‐ involving painful realisations of loss and harm alongside a discovery of the benefits associated with letting go of restrictive gender norms. Understanding how and why men invest in or dismantle gender norms that underpin coercive control has important implications for theory and for practice, particularly the content and focus of work with domestic violence perpetrators.

Sentencing Domestic Violence Offenders: A Vignette Study of Public Perceptions

2019 ◽  
pp. 088626051988853
Author(s):  
Nicole J. Horstman ◽  
Christine E. W. Bond ◽  
Li Eriksson
Keyword(s):  
Domestic Violence ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Community Education ◽  
Sociodemographic Factors ◽  
Public Perceptions ◽  
Domestic Assault ◽  
Community Attitudes ◽  
Vignette Study ◽  
Personal Attitudes ◽  
Domestic Violence Perpetrators

This study examined public perceptions of sentencing severity for males convicted of domestic violence assault compared with non-domestic violence assault. Over the years, surveys have reported changes in community attitudes toward seeing domestic violence as a more serious issue and an increased understanding of what acts constitute a domestic violence offense (Carlson & Worden, 2005). This study aimed to (a) examine whether public perceptions of sentencing severity differ between domestic and non-domestic violence assault offenses committed under similar circumstances; and (b) whether these perceptions remain after adjusting for personal attitudes, victimization experiences, and sociodemographic factors. After reading vignette scenarios depicting domestic and non-domestic assault, 284 undergraduate students responded to a survey about their perceptions of appropriate sentence outcomes and length. Results found that regardless of participants’ punitiveness (and other factors), the manipulation of the victim–offender relationship was a significant predictor for judgments of sentencing severity. Notably, the results highlighted a leniency effect in the perceptions of participants toward perpetrators of domestic violence when compared with those who received the non-domestic violence scenario. These findings imply that undergraduate students judge domestic violence as less serious and hence not warranting as severe sentencing as non-domestic violence assault perpetrators. The study indicates that public perceptions of sentencing severity for domestic violence perpetrators are not consistent with the reported shift in public perceptions toward seeing domestic violence as a serious public issue. These findings highlight the importance of continued community education about domestic violence as well as the need to take care when considering engaging public opinion in sentencing practices for domestic violence perpetrators.

Domestic violence perpetrators

2006 ◽  
Vol 66 (1) ◽  
pp. 34-35 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marianne Hester ◽  
Nicole Westmarland
Keyword(s):  
Domestic Violence ◽  
Domestic Violence Perpetrators

scholarly journals Introduction

2018 ◽  
Vol 34 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Emma Henderson
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Domestic Violence ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Criminal Law ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Law Schools ◽  
New Targets ◽  
Political Concern ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Domestic Violence Perpetrators

This Special Issue of Law in Context is comprised of articles developed at the 2015 Criminal Law Workshop, co-hosted by the La Trobe University and Melbourne University Law Schools. This annual workshop brings together criminal law academics from across Australia and New Zealand, and results in a day of intense, diverse, and fascinating discussion about contemporary criminal law issues. This collection of articles is accordingly wide-ranging. From the creation of new offences dealing with contemporaneous political panics (such as one-punch homicides and the spectre of out-of-control teenagers using social media to gatecrash suburban parties) and new processes such as paperless arrest warrants, to the re-purposing of old crimes (consorting, conspiracy) and processes (such as bail) in the service of new targets of social/political concern (bikies, domestic violence perpetrators), the articles in this Special Issue interrogate the boundaries of the criminal law and the extent to which it can or should legitimately be used as a tool to police the margins of society.

scholarly journals Aspek Legal Spirit Undang-Undang Nomor 23 Tahun 2004 Tentang Penghapusan Kekerasan Dalam Rumah Tangga

SASI ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 168
Author(s):  
Elias Zadrach Leasa
Keyword(s):  
Domestic Violence ◽  
Violence Against Women ◽  
Physical Violence ◽  
Psychological Violence ◽  
The Family ◽  
Women And Children ◽  
The Law ◽  
Article 5 ◽  
Forms Of Violence ◽  
Domestic Violence Perpetrators

Families are places where everyone in the family feels safe and comfortable from acts o violence, but in reality violence also accurs whitin the family. The enactment of Law No. 23 of 2004 on the abolition of domestic violence (hereinafter referred to as the Law of Domestic Violence) aims to prevent all forms of domestic violence, protect domestic violence victims, prosecute domestic violence perpetrators, and maintain wholeness harmonious and prosperous households. In handling it is sometimes resolved peacefully. This raises the question of whether the Law on Elimination of Domestic Violence has guaranteed the settlement of Domestic Violence according to its objectives? All forms of violence against women and children constitute a violation of human rights, so it is necessary to be protected by their dignity and dignity and guaranteed their right to life in accordance with their nature and nature without discrimination. The Criminal Act contained in Article 5 of the Act states that prohibited violence is physical violence, psychological violence, sexual violence, or neglect of the household. Many cases of domestic violence are reported but not a few are repealed by the victim for various reasons, such as still loving the perpetrator, and the perpetrator is the breadwinner in the household. The resolution of cases of domestic violence is also up to the court's decision, but this certainly brings the consequences of the objective of the Law on Elimination of Domestic Violence. Despite all forms of prevention of domestic violence, protecting the victim, prosecuting the perpetrator is reached but if the case is passed on to the court decision whether the goal of maintaining a harmonious and prosperous household unity can be achieved. The resolution of domestic violence requires the wisdom of the Law Enforcers (Police, Prosecutors, Judges).

Distinctions in the Perceived Attitudes of Domestic Violence Perpetrators by Typology and Ethnicity

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel A. Goldstein ◽  
Lauren Brenner ◽  
Arthur L. Cantos ◽  
Drew Fowler ◽  
Hyun-Soo Lee
Keyword(s):  
Domestic Violence ◽  
Domestic Violence Perpetrators
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