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- Title
Gender Differences Between Domestic Violent Men and Women: Criminogenic Risk Factors and Their Association With Treatment Dropout.
- Authors
Bijlsma, Anne M. E.; van der Put, Claudia E.; Vial, Annemiek; van Horn, Joan; Overbeek, Geertjan; Assink, Mark
- Abstract
Although many studies have concluded that men and women engage in domestic violence at equal levels, existing studies have hardly focused on gender specific risk factors for domestic violence perpetration. Therefore, this study aimed to examine gender differences in criminogenic risk factors between Dutch male and female forensic outpatients who were referred to forensic treatment for domestic violence. Clinical structured assessments of criminogenic risk factors were retrieved for 366 male and 87 female outpatients. Gender differences were not only found in the prevalence and interrelatedness of criminogenic risk factors, but also in associations between criminogenic risk factors and treatment dropout. In men, risk factors related to the criminal history, substance abuse, and criminal attitudes were more prevalent than in women, whereas risk factors related to education/work, finances, and the living environment were more prevalent in women. Further, having criminal friends, having a criminal history, and drug abuse were associated with treatment dropout in men, whereas a problematic relationship with family members, housing instability, a lack of personal support, and unemployment were associated with treatment dropout in women. Finally, network analyses revealed gender differences in risk factor interrelatedness. The results provide important insights into gender specific differences in criminogenic risk factors for domestic violence, which support clinical professionals in tailoring treatment to the specific needs of male and female perpetrators of domestic violence.
- Subjects
NETHERLANDS; MENTAL illness risk factors; SUBSTANCE abuse risk factors; THERAPEUTICS; PSYCHOLOGY of men; SOCIAL support; UNEMPLOYMENT; PATIENT dropouts; ATTITUDE (Psychology); EFFECT sizes (Statistics); DOMESTIC violence; SEX distribution; CRIMINOLOGY; INTIMATE partner violence; RISK assessment; PSYCHOSOCIAL factors; PSYCHOLOGY of women; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; CHI-squared test; RESEARCH funding; INTERPERSONAL relations; FORENSIC sciences; DATA analysis software; STATISTICAL correlation; FAMILY relations
- Publication
Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2022, Vol 37, Issue 23/24, pNP21875
- ISSN
0886-2605
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/08862605211063015