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Rethinking Domestic Violence (Paperback)
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Rethinking Domestic Violence (Paperback)
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Rethinking Domestic Violence is the third in a series of books by
Donald Dutton critically reviewing research in the area of intimate
partner violence (IPV). The research crosses disciplinary lines,
including social and clinical psychology, sociology, psychiatry,
affective neuropsychology, criminology, and criminal justice
research. Since the area of IPV is so heavily politicized, Dutton
tries to steer through conflicting claims by assessing the best
research methodology. As a result, he comes to some very new
conclusions. These conclusions include the finding that IPV is
better predicted by psychological rather than social-structural
factors, particularly in cultures where there is relative gender
equality. Dutton argues that personality disorders in either gender
account for better data on IPV. His findings also contradict
earlier views among researchers and policy makers that IPV is
essentially perpetrated by males in all societies. Numerous studies
are reviewed in arriving at these conclusions, many of which employ
new and superior methodologies than were available previously.
After twenty years of viewing IPV as generated by gender and
focusing on a punitive "law and order" approach, Dutton argues that
this approach must be more varied and flexible. Treatment
providers, criminal justice system personnel, lawyers, and
researchers have indicated the need for a new view of the problem
-- one less invested in gender politics and more open to
collaborative views and interdisciplinary insights. Dutton's
rethinking of the fundamentals of IPV is essential reading for
psychologists, policy makers, and those dealing with the sociology
of social science, the relationship of psychology to law, and
explanations of adverse behaviour.
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