MYHILL 2015 Flashcards
Feminist tradition researchers argue that abuse in intimate relationships is highly gendered, with men the..
primary perpetrators (Johnson 2008, Stark 2007/2010)
Johnson 1995/2008 presented 2 research perspectives for DA:
Intimate terrorism
Situational Couple violence
Intimate terrorism - is the process that involves an underlying pattern of…
coercive control by one partner over another (Johnson 2008)
Situational couple violence - has no such dynamic as IT, and consists of…
specific abusive acts perpetrated by one or both partners (Johnson 2008)
MYHILL 2015 - Victims of coercive controlling abuse also appeared to have experienced more frequent…
physical violence
MYHILL 2015 - Progress is essential, as without robust estimates of the prevalence of different types of abuse, it is extremely difficult for policy makers and practitioners to allocate and target resources appropriately or have an…
informed understanding of why gender still matters
JOHNSON’S article referred to “patriarchal terrorism” - this term was changed to reflect the possibility that..
men could be victims of intimate terrorism