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- Title
Domestic Violence Abusers: A Descriptive Study of the Characteristics of Defenders in Protection from Abuse Orders in Sedgwick County, Kansas.
- Authors
Etter, Gregg; Birzer, Michael
- Abstract
Protection from abuse orders have been presented in the contemporary literature as one of many tools in protecting battered women. While protection from abuse orders provide legal protection from abuse, many abusers violate these court orders. The current study describes the characteristics of 1,873 alleged domestic violence abusers in Sedgwick County, Kansas. Data were collected from protection from abuse filings over a 12-month time frame. The data were used to examine the demographics of offenders as well as to assess the prior arrests of the offenders. Results showed that abusers were typically white males, average age of 33 with extensive past criminal arrest histories.
- Subjects
DOMESTIC violence; ABUSE of women; WIFE abuse; BATTERING (Abuse); VIOLENCE against women; CRIMES against women; MARITAL violence; VICTIMS of domestic violence; WOMEN'S shelters; RESTRAINING orders
- Publication
Journal of Family Violence, 2007, Vol 22, Issue 3, p113
- ISSN
0885-7482
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10896-006-9047-x