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Spousal Violence - the suprising and not- politically- correct sc
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From : Lazarus Long 350:2/100 01 Sep 95 00:09:20
Subj : Spousal Violence
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Some interesting stats...
MALES FEMALES
% of murder victims in domestic violence 55.5% 44.5%
% of spouses acquitted for murder of a spouse 1.4% 12.9%
% of spouses who receive probation for murdering a spouse 1.6% 16.0%
Average sentence (in years) for murdering a spouse 17.0 6.0
When children are murdered 61% of the time it is by the mother.
"Source: Murder in Families" - Dept. of Justice, July 1994.
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In 1975 and again in 1985, Murray A. Straus and Richard J. Gelles and
others conducted one of the largest and most respected studies in
family violence ever done. What they found, confounded conventional
wisdom on the subject: Not only are men just as likely to be the
victims of domestic violence as women, the study showed that between
1975 and 1985, the overall rate of domestic violence by men against
women decreased, while women's violence against men increased.
Responding to accusations of gender bias, Straus re-computed the
assault rates based solely on the responses of the women in the 1985
study and confirmed that even according to women, men are the ones
more likely to be assaulted by their partner.
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There is no question that while men on average are bigger and stronger
than women, they can do more damage in a fistfight. However according
to Professors R.L. McNeely and Cormae Richey Mann, "the average man's
size and strength are neutralized by guns and knives, boiling water,
bricks, fireplace pokers and baseball bats."
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A 1984 study of 6,200 cases found that 86% of female-on-male violence
involved weapons, contrasted with 25% in cases of male-on-female
violence. McLeod, Justice Quarterly (2) 1984 pp. 171-193.
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Of every 100 families, 3.8 experience severe husband-to-wife violence,
but 4.5% experience severe wife-to-husband violence. (Straus, Gelles,
Steinmetz , Behind Closed Doors: Violence in American Families
(1980).
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A 1985 study of Texas University students, Breen found that 18% of men
and 14% of women reported a violent act by a romantic partner. In the
same study, 28% of married men reported that their wives had slapped,
punched or kicked them. (Shupe, Stacey & Hazlewood. "Violent Men,
Violent Couples (1986) Chapter 3.
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In another study, 15.5% of men and 11.3% of women reported having hit
a spouse while 18.6% of men and 12% of women reported been struck by a
spouse. Nisnoff & Bitman, Victimology 4, (1979), pp. 131-140.
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A survey of couples in Calgary, Canada found that the rate of severe
husband-to-wife violence was 4.8%, while severe wife-to-husband
violence was 10%. Brinkerhoff & Lupri, Canadian Journal of Sociology,
13:4 (1988).
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Bambi Chase
Special Assistant to:
Stuart A. Miller - Senior Legislative Analyst
American Fathers Coalition
2000 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W., Ste. 148
Washington, D.C. 20006
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lazarusl@vaxxine.com
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? TLX v3.30 ? Spousal Abuse... It's a Human Issue..not a Gender Issue
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