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Women and Domestic Violence: An Interdisciplinary Approach

Women and Domestic Violence: An Interdisciplinary Approach has been co-published simultaneously as Women & Criminal Justice, Volume 10, Number 2 1999.

Women and Domestic Violence: An Interdisciplinary Approach

Lynette Feder, PhD
Editor

Women and Domestic Violence: An Interdisciplinary Approach has been co-published simultaneously as Women & Criminal Justice, Volume 10, Number 2 1999.

Women and Domestic Violence: An Interdisciplinary Approach has been co-published simultaneously as Women & Criminal Justice , Volume 10, Number 2 1999.

1999 by The Haworth Press, Inc.

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Women and domestic violence: an interdisciplinary approach/Lynette Feder, editor.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-7890-0667-7 (alk. paper).ISBN 0-7890-0675-8 (alk. paper)
1. Abused womenUnited States. 2. Abused wivesUnited States. 3. Family violence
United States. 4. Conjugal violenceUnited States. I. Feder, Lynette. II. Women & criminal justice.
HV6626.2.W64 1999
362.82920973dc21 9911651
CIP

Women and Domestic Violence: An Interdisciplinary Approach

Contents

Lynette Feder

Susan A. Lentz

Catherine F. Klein

Leslye E. Orloff

Lynette Feder

Robert C. Davis

Bruce G. Taylor

About the Editor

Lynette Feder, PhD , received her doctorate from State University of New York at Albany, School of Criminal Justice in 1989. She is presently an Associate Professor in the Department of Criminal Justice at Florida Atlantic University. Dr. Feder has conducted research and published in areas of mentally ill offenders and their adjustment in the community, discrimination and the use of discretion in the criminal justice system, and police practices and domestic assault. She is presently conducting a federally funded classical experimental design to test the efficacy of court-mandated counseling for individuals convicted of misdemeanor domestic violence.

I want to take this opportunity to thank Dr. Lynette Feder of Florida Atlantic University for serving as the editor of this collection on domestic violence. Dr. Feder has completed this collection utilizing the same peer review process that is required of each volume. Each manuscript received is sent to three anonymous reviewers who have expertise in the subject matter of the manuscript. Therefore, I want to extend my appreciation to all the reviewers who advised Dr. Feder regarding publication.

Donna C. Hale
Editor

Lynette Feder
Lynette Feder, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Criminal Justice, Florida Atlantic University, West Glades Road, Boca Raton, FL 33431.

SUMMARY. This article serves as an introduction to this collection on domestic violence. The focus of the collection is on the use of an interdisciplinary approach to the study of domestic violence. Only through such an approach will the various disciplines, as well as academics and professionals working in this area, come to understand the nature, causes, consequences and treatments for domestic violence. [ Article copies available for a fee from The Haworth Document Delivery Service: 1-800-342-9678. E-mail address: getiiifo@haworthpressinc.com ]

Introduction

Historically, the "privilege" or beating one's wife has had social and legal approval in western civilization since ancient times. In the Odyssey, Homer makes reference to the authority men exercise over their wives and children without fear of the judgements of others ().

With the ascendancy of the Church, the husband's rule over his wife was explicitly written into the laws of the church ().

Just as this view of the wife had been woven into church ideology, it now was embedded in common law traditions. However, while male authority did not include the power of life and death, physical chastisement was accepted and expected in England ().

The English colonists coming to America brought these attitudes with them. Domestic violence existed in the New World just as it had in England () best left outside the purview of the law [State v. Oliver , 70 N.C. 60, 61-62, 1873].

Even as the criminal justice system and others showed disinterest in the subject of domestic violence, the magnitude of the problem spoke clearly to this issue warranting serious attention. Since this behavior is almost always done behind closed doors, bringing disgrace to both victim and offender, an actual count of the incidence and prevalence of domestic violence is impossible to determine. In fact, based on his thorough review of the research on measuring and reporting domestic violence, Dutton estimates that more than 92% of all incidences of domestic violence in North America remain private ().

With that in mind, government figures based on domestic violent incidents ).

One well-regarded study indicated that victim interview surveys provided higher numbers of domestic violent incidents than that reported by the police ().

Another widely used instrument, the Straus Conflict Tactics Scale (CTS), is based on victim and offender self-reports. However, unlike the NCVS, the CTS does not describe itself as a crime survey. Using this scale, the 1985 National Family Violence Survey estimated that there were 8.7 million domestic assault victims yearly. In other words, approximately 16% of cohabiting couples in the United States were involved in one or more incidents of domestic violence yearly ().

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