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ABOUT FAMILY VIOLENCE Parents perpetrate severe assaults on children at a rate of 11.0 per 100, and very severe assaults at a rate of 2.3 per 100. More boys are hit than girls, and more often. (17) Mothers hit more than fathers, largely due to the greater amount of time spent at home. Assaults by fathers are more often fatal, but mothers cause the greater number of deaths through neglect. (17) Siblings perpetrate severe assaults against one another at a rate of 53 per 100. (17) Children severely assault their parents (punch, kick, bite) at a rate of 9.0 per 100 families. (17) The overall rate of physical assaults by men against their female partners is 11- 12 per 100 couples; the rate is 12 - 13 per 100 couples for women against their male partners. (17) Partner assault rates are highest among young adults, particularly in female-to-male violence. (1, 13) Men are far more likely than women to beat up their partner, but women more often hit with objects. Weapons are used at equal rates. Women are the victims in 50% to 72% of fatalities. (1) About 72% of all assaults involve less serious violence, such as slapping and pushing, and result in no or negligible injuries. Women perpetrate approximately 57% of these assaults. (7) Women suffer two-thirds of physical injuries, and somewhat more serious injuries, and they report greater psychological distress. (7, 19) Battering, defined as the use of serious, injury-producing violence, accounts for approximately 28% of all partner violence. Men perpetrate 66% of these assaults. (7) Most partner violence is mutual. Men initiate violence 40% - 45% of the time; women initiate 50% - 55% of the time. (12, 17) Between 10% - 21% of women, and 15% - 27% of men, claim self-defense. (3, 15) Men far more often use physical intimidation, but women are equally, or more likely to use verbal and psychological aggression (7, 17), and both sexes utilize other coercive tactics, such as isolation, using children and legal system abuse. (6, 7, 14) Both sexes tend to under-report their own abusive behavior, and men are somewhat more likely to under-report than women. Men, however, more often under-report assaults against them. (2) Gay men report three times more physical assaults, rape and stalking upon them by their male partners than do heterosexual men by their female partners. Lesbian women report twice as much of this abuse by their female partners than do heterosexual women by their male partners. Overall, lesbians report 70% more abuse upon them than do gay men. (19) Risk factors commonly associated with family violence are: having seen or experienced violence as a child, attachment disturbance, stress, low income, substance abuse, positive attitudes about violence, use of corporal punishment, poor impulse control, low self esteem and poor social skills. (10) Violent women are as likely to have witnessed mother hit father as the reverse. Violent men are more likely to have witnessed assaults by the mother. (12, 16) Each year, over 8 million children witness violence between their parents. These children are at a 40% greater risk than those from non-violent homes to develop emotional and behavior problems. (10) Partner violence is highly correlated with parental violence upon children. Children subjected to parental abuse, or who have witnessed assaults between their parents, may experience the following: PTSD, low-self esteem, anxiety, depression, attention and cognitive deficits, school problems, poor peer relations and delinquent behavior as adolescents. (8, 16) The existence of verbal and emotional abuse and coercive tactics is correlated with physical assaults, both in partner violence and in parent-on-child violence. (6, 7, 17) Children are harmed more by verbal abuse from parents than by witnessing them physically fight. (8) REFERENCES 1. Archer, J. (2002), "Sex Differences in Physically Aggressive Acts Between Heterosexual Partners: A Meta-Analytic Review." Aggression and Violent Behavior, 7, pp. 313-351. 2. Archer, J. (1999), "Assessment of the Reliability of the Conflict Tactics Scale." Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 14 (12) 3. Carrado, M., et al. (1996), "Aggression in British Heterosexual Relationships." Aggressive Behavior, 22, pp. 401-415. 4. 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(1995), "Beyond the Conflict Tactics Scale." Violence and Victims, 10 (4) 14. Shupe, A., et al. (1987), Violent Men, Violent Couples. 15. Sommer, R. (1994), Male and Female Perpetrated Partner Abuse. Doctoral dissertation, University of Manitoba, Canada. University Microfilms International, ISBN-0-315-99064-3 16. Straus, M. (1991, September). "Children as Witnesses to Marital Violence." Paper presented at the Ross Round Table on Children and Violence, Washington, D.C. 17. Straus, M., et al., ed. (1990), Physical Violence in American Families. 18. Sugarman, D. & Frankel, S. (1996), "Patriarchal Ideology and Wife-Assault." Journal of Family Violence, 11 (1). 19. Tjaden, P. & Thoennes, N. (2000), "Extent, Nature and Consequences of Intimate Partner Violence." National Institute of Justice, NCJ, 181867. |