Estimates of the prevalence of marital violence have been found to vary dramatically from
survey to survey. This paper addresses one potential explanation for this difference which�…

Family violence ha. s been receiving increasing attention from citizens, policymakers, the
media, and the criminal justice system. This report looks at the difficulties in estimating the�…

This study reports analyses and findings from a public opinion survey designed to explore
beliefs about domestic violence (DV)—what it is, when it is against the law, and how�…

OBJECTIVES. Community-based research on violence against women typically focuses on
marital arguments rather than on resulting injuries. This study investigated patterns of�…

A number of studies have found evidence suggesting that being a witness to violence puts a
child at risk of developing social and psychological problems. However, most of these�…

We present results of perceptions of family violence from 176 telephone interviews
conducted in a Standard Metropolitan Area in Northwest Arkansas. Four research questions�…

This article explores the degree to which youth are at higher risk of crime victimization when
they live in a household with an adult who has been the victim of domestic violence or�…

This year, the public is reminded that domestic violence against women has no racial or
social class boundaries. Nicole Brown Simpson knew firsthand that wealthy Caucasian�…

The relationship between observation of marital violence and adolescent behavior and
adjustment was studied. One hundred and one predominantly white 13-to 18-year-olds from�…

Since the publication of large, representative, structured questionnaire surveys suggesting
that women were equally or more likely than men to hit their partners, there has been�…