NCJ Number
40795
Date Published
1977
Length
252 pages
Annotation
THIS BOOK EXAMINES THE PERVASIVE BUT NEGLECTED SUBJECT OF WIFE BEATING; STATISTICS CONCERNING THE EXTENT OF INTRA-MARITAL VIOLENCE INDICATE THAT ONE-THIRD OF ALL MARRIAGES ENGAGE IN SPOUSE ASSAULT.
Abstract
THE AUTHORS REVIEW THE RESEARCH AND REPORTED CRIME DATA ON THE AMOUNT OF WIFE BEATING IN THE U.S. AND CONCLUDE THAT WHILE MOST CASES GO UNREPORTED, BETWEEN 26 AND 30 MILLION SPOUSES ARE ABUSED ANNUALLY. THE SOCIAL AND LEGAL HISTORY OF WIFE BEATING, A SOCIO-PSYCHOLOGICAL PROFILE OF A WIFE BEATER, THE VARIOUS MOTIVATIONS FOR INTRA-MARITAL ASSAULT, AND THE REASONS WHY BATTERED WOMEN TOLERATE THE ABUSE ARE LACED WITH ACTUAL CASE STUDIES. THE LEGAL AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE RESPONSE TO CASES OF WIFE BEATING, THE LIBERATION OF THE BATTERED WIFE, AND THE PHENOMENON OF BATTERED MEN ARE ALSO DISCUSSED....MSP