Domestic Violence and Control [Paperback]

Domestic Violence and Control provides important longitudinal data on violent relationships and addresses the problem of violence from the perspective of both the perpetrator and the victim. The issue of control emerges as a central theme. Control plays a keyrole, firstly, in organizing the victim's thoughts with regard to the batterer, and, secondly, in cases of repeated acts of violence over a length of time. The study shows acts of violence to be both impulsive and instrumental and thereby refutes competing explanations in the literature that violence is either impulsive or instrumental. Domestic Violence and Control provides important longitudinal data on violent relationships and addresses the problem of violence from the perspective of both the perpetrator and the victim. The issue of control emerges as a central theme. Control plays a keyrole, firstly, in organizing the victim's thoughts with regard to the batterer, and, secondly, in cases of repeated acts of violence over a length of time. The study shows acts of violence to be both impulsive and instrumental and thereby refutes competing explanations in the literature that violence is either impulsive or instrumental. 1 Understanding Domestic Violence.- A Brief Historical Look.- Domestic Violence in Review.- The Focus of This Study.- Summary.- 2 The Research Study.- Recruitment.- Protection and Consent of Respondents.- Interview Procedure.- Transcription and Coding Procedure.- Analysis.- This Research and the Male Batterers Program.- 3 Participants.- Demography of Respondents.- Participants.- Couple 1: Ronald and Kathy.- Couple 2: Henry and Jackie.- Couple 3: Fred and Ann.- Couple 4: Mike and Kay.- Couple 5: Larry and Terri.- Couple 6: Doug and Wendy.- Couple 7: Kevin and Lisa.- Couple 8: Bill and Jane.- Couple 9: Frank and Nancy.- 4 Emotions as Out of Control and Behavior as In anlS(