Relationship Dynamics Associated With Dating Violence Among Adolescents and Young Adults: A Feminist Post-Structural Analysis

• NCJ Number: 304378
• Journal: Feminist Criminology Volume: 16 Issue: 3 Dated: 2021 Pages: 320-336
• Date Published: 2021
• Author(s): Peggy C. Giordano; Jennifer E. Copp; Wendy D. Manning; Monica A. Longmore
• Length: 17 pages
• Grant Number(s): 2009-IJ-CX-0503; 2010-MU-MU-0031
• Agencies: NIJ-Sponsored
• Publication Type: Research (Applied/Empirical)

Annotation

This article focuses on the character of adolescent and young adult relationships and argues that attention to interpersonal features of intimate partner violence (IPV) is necessary for a comprehensive view of this form of violence.

Abstract

Drawing on ideas from feminist post-structural perspectives, the article highlights studies that have developed a somewhat non-traditional but nevertheless gendered portrait of relationships as a backdrop for exploring dyadic processes associated with IPV. Findings are based on quantitative and qualitative analyses from a longitudinal study of a large, diverse sample of young women and men interviewed first during adolescence, and five additional times across the transition to adulthood. (Publisher Abstract)