Counseling heterosexual women arrested for domestic violence: implications for theory and practice. Violence Vict 1994;9(2):125-37
Date
01/01/1994Pubmed ID
7696193Scopus ID
2-s2.0-0028589286 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site) 153 CitationsAbstract
With increasing emphasis in recent years on mandatory arrest for partner violence, there has been a concomitant increase in the number of females arrested for assaulting their partners. The present paper describes the process one community experienced to understand and appropriately intervene with women who had been arrested for domestic violence and referred to court-mandated treatment. Issues related to conceptualization of the problem, identifying intervention goals and defining the intervention targets were discussed. Research with the community sample of domestically violent indicated most were motivated by a need to defend themselves from their partner's assaults, or are retaliating for previous batterings. As such, the intervention focused on issues of victimization and oppression. It is further suggested that intervention programs for domestically violent women must take place in the context of a broader community intervention which involves training and interaction with law enforcement and criminal justice agencies to determine criteria for arrest and prosecution of battered women when they fight back to protect themselves.
Author List
Hamberger LK, Potente TMESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold
Alcohol DrinkingAnger
Assertiveness
Battered Women
Counseling
Domestic Violence
Female
Humans
Male
Men
Safety
Sexual Behavior
Sexual Partners
Social Control, Formal
Substance-Related Disorders
Terminology as Topic
Women
