Type:	Non-Fiction
Title:	A typology of domestic violence : intimate terrorism, violent resistance, and situational couple violence
Authors:	Johnson, Michael P
Keywords:	Theories of violence
Year:	2008
Publisher:	Northeastern University Press University Press of New England, Boston, USA Hanover
Notes:	General overview: In his book United States based researcher, Michael Johnson, expands on his typology of domestic violence. The author points to an apparent contradiction in research findings: large-scale American surveys of couples and violence in their relationships find that women are as likely to report having used violence as men, but victims of violence who seek help from law enforcement agencies, hospitals and shelters (‘agency research’) find that this violence is perpetrated largely by men against women. The author puts forward his typology to account for this discrepancy. Discussion: Johnson labels the two major types of violence as ‘situational couple violence’ (SCV) and ‘intimate terrorism’ (IT). SCV arises out of conflict and stressful situations and is often initiated by women. As SCV is often infrequent, mutual and less serious, it does not come to the attention of police, hospitals or shelters. By contrast IT arises from a desire to control and is mostly perpetrated by men. Neither the victims nor the perpetrators of IT are likely to participate in surveys. Johnson concludes that IT is overwhelmingly perpetrated by men against women while SCV has an appearance of gender neutrality, in that women are as likely to report having used violence as men. However, Johnson also points out that men are more likely to have used frequent violence, while women are “far more likely to be physically injured, to fear for their safety, and to experience negative psychological consequences of the violence” (p.60). A number of authors have criticised this typology; for example, Frye et al. (2006) have argued that violence can only be described as truly situational if the use of control tactics is infrequent or nonexistent. In their study, they found that 69% of women who had been physically assaulted experienced at least one controlling behaviour, compared with 11% of non-abused controls. They suggest that violence accompanied by coercion is actually the most common form of domestic violence perpetrated against women.
URI:	https://anrows.intersearch.com.au/anrowsjspui/handle/1/11512
ISBN:	9781555536930
Physical description:	ix, 161 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Appears in Collections:	Books

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