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Hitting home : men speak about abuse of women partners / Julie Leibrich, Judy Paulin, Robin Ransom.

Title
Hitting home : men speak about abuse of women partners / Julie Leibrich, Judy Paulin, Robin Ransom.
Author
Leibrich, Julie
Publication
[Wellington, N.Z.] : Dept. of Justice in association with AGB McNair [1995]

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Additional Authors
  • Paulin, Judy
  • Ransom, Robin.
  • New Zealand. Department of Justice.
Description
243 p. : ill.; 30 cm.
Summary
"... two studies survey[ing] a nationally representative sample of 2000 men and a follow-up survey of 200 of those 2000 men" -- P. 15.
Subject
  • Wife abuse > New Zealand
  • Family violence > New Zealand
  • Men > New Zealand > Attitudes
  • Spouse Abuse
  • Violence
  • Battered Women
Note
  • Commissioned by the New Zealand Dept. of Justice.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-243).
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
  • Introduction: Background ; Recent developments in New Zealand ; Attitudes to abuse ; Prevalence of abuse ; Causes of domestic abuse ; The research questions ; The research objectives ; Limitations of the research ; The report ; Using this research. -- The findings of Study I : a survey of 2,000 men: Preamble ; The men who spoke : personal characteristics ; Attitudes towards abuse ; Link between attitudes and personal characteristics ; Abusive behaviour ; Link between behaviour, and attitudes and personal characteristics ; Link between behaviour, loss of control of anger, blaming women, and control of women ; The effect of male and female interviewers. (cont.)
  • The findings of Study II : a survey of 200 men: Preamble ; The men who spoke ; Perceived causes of physical abuse ; The "control of women" explanation ; Relative importance of "control of women" and "loss of control of anger" explanations ; The "loss of control of anger" explanations. -- Conclusion: The research questions revisited ; Future research ; Final comment. -- Appendix A: Methodology. -- Appendix B: Additional tables. -- Appendix C: Comparative research. -- References.
ISBN
0477076904
OCLC
  • 36540369
  • SCSB-10224224
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Harvard Library