CHAPTER EIGHT Simons

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CHAPTER EIGHT (Simons)

• MARITAL VIOLENCE

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History

• Roman civil law
• 15th century
• Common law England
• Margaret Nelfield
• Rule of Thumb

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History in America

• Puritans
• Native Americans
• Stitch rule
• 1974first shelter for abuse women in St. Paul, MN

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Extent of Problem

• Straus and Gelles study
• Why no statistics on emotional abuse?

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Types of Abusers

• Common couple violence
• Intimate terrorism

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Male Abuser/Female Victim

• 85-95 of cases fit this model
• 1996 DOJ statistics on intimate murder
• ¾ victims are female
• of female victims same since 1976
• of male victims sharply decreased
• Differences in severity of abuse

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Explanations of Domestic Violence

• Patriarchy
• Effect of childhood exposure to domestic violence
• Criminological approach

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Children Exposed to Violence

• 3.3 million children exposed to domestic violence
• Reactions
• Behavioral
• Emotional
• Social
• Cognitive
• Physical

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Children Exposed to Violence

• Research by Edelson
• Children who had observed violence but not a
  victim of it
• Findings
• Boys v. girls
• Factors that determine impact
• Legislative responses