Skimmington Revisited – 2002
Inherent to the exposition and research of intimate violence and abuse of women by male partners during the past twenty to thirty years has been the historical perspective of 'Patriarchal' authority.…
Female Violence: Can We Therapists Face Up To It? – Dec 2002
Back in the days of my counselling training, one of our tutors, when asked about her views on working with childabusers said, ‘of course I would work with an abuser, as…
An Analysis of Male Victimisation – January 1999
Home Office Research Study 191 (HORS 191) Domestic Violence: Findings From A New British Crime Survey Self Completion Questionnaire A Result Summary Of The Completed Questionnaire: 4.2% of women and 4.2%…
DISPATCHES : ‘BATTERED MEN’ SURVEY – DETAILED SURVEY RESULTS
The Channel 4 "Dispatches" programme, periodically presented by the channel in the UK as a documentary series which tackles social and political subjects. It is one of the major ground-breaking documentary…
Riding the Donkey Backwards: Men as the Unacceptable Victims of Marital Violence – November 94
In post-Renaissance France and England, society ridiculed and humiliated husbands thought to be battered and/or dominated by their wives (Steinmetz, 1977-78). In France, for instance, a "battered" husband was trotted around…