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- Title
A framework for understanding women's use of nonlethal violence in intimate heterosexual relationships.
- Authors
Das Dasgupta S
- Abstract
This article reviews current research on domestic violence by women and attempts to answer two questions: (a) Are women who assault their heterosexual partners different from male batterers? If so, (b) how are they different from male batterers? Pertinent studies have been categorized as research promoting gender symmetry of intimate abuse, research claiming women's violence toward abusive male partners as self-defense and/or retaliatory action, and research focusing on multiple corollaries of women's violence. The ecological nested model is recommended for research, so the full context is taken into account to understand women's use of violence.
- Publication
Violence Against Women, 2002, Vol 8, Issue 11, p1364
- ISSN
1077-8012
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1177/107780102762478046