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category: Social Science
published: Nov 2011
ISBN:9780774843751
publisher: UBC Press

The Domestic Assault of Women

Psychological and Criminal Justice Perspectives

by Donald G. Dutton

tagged: criminology, penology, gender studies, social psychology, violence in society, women's studies
Description

The Domestic Assault of Women relates social and criminal justice policy to empirically tested social psychological theory about the causes and effects of wife assault. Donald G. Dutton argues that only by understanding the psychology of both the aggressors and the victims of wife assault can we generate informed social and criminal justice policy. By linking the psychological factors that support assaultive habits to police arrest policy and subsequent treatment, Dutton shows how police/therapist intervention can interrupt assaultive behaviour and prevent recidivism.

About the Author

Donald G. Dutton

Contributor Notes

Donald G. Dutton is a professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of British Columbia. He has served as an expert witness in domestic violence cases and worked with the police to develop a teaching program for them. He has also provided group therapy for wife assaulters and has worked with battered wives.

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