NCJ Number
139786
Journal
Journal of Interpersonal Violence Volume: 7 Issue: 4 Dated: (December 1992) Pages: 462-470
Date Published
1992
Length
9 pages
Annotation
The 1985 National Family Violence Survey was used as the data base to examine the proportion of nonincarcerated American males who only offend extrafamilially (nonfamily offenders), the proportion of men who are violent only toward their wives (batterers) and the proportion of men who are violent in both spheres (pan-violent individuals).
Abstract
Fifteen percent (n=311) of the sample of 2,291 men admitted to assaulting either a spouse, a nonfamily victim, or both. Three-fourths of the 311 violent men (n=240) admitted assaulting their wives within the previous year, and 13 percent also assaulted nonfamily individuals. The majority of the 240 batterers (87 percent) denied extrafamilial assault. Thirty-two men (10 percent of the violent men or 1.5 percent of the total sample) admitted to committing both husband-to- wife violence and extrafamilial violence. The nonviolent males differed significantly from each of the violent groups, but the violent groups did not differ from each other. The pan- violent men had a much higher proportion of nonwhite men than the other three groups (51.5 percent). The nonviolent group had the highest proportion of white males (72.5 percent). The batterers and the nonviolent men were divided almost equally between white-collar and blue-collar jobs; the pan-violent and nonfamily offenders were disproportionately blue-collar (71 percent and 76.9 percent, respectively.) 2 notes, 1 figure, 1 table, and 23 references