Item #924
Although men were more likely to be arrested for IPV, nonofficial data indicate that these same men were not significantly higher than were their women partners in physical and psychological aggression or in mean levels of more severe physical aggression.
Topic: Violence, Intimate PartnerSource
Citation: Official Incidents of Domestic Violence: Types, Injury, and Associations with Nonofficial Couple Aggression, p. 9 Author(s): Capaldi, Shortt, Kim, Wilson, Crosby, Tucci Institution(s): Oregon Social Learning Center Link: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2779018/ File(s): http://www.mrarchivist.com/wp-content/uploads/formidable/6/nihms111451-1.pdf Nation(s): United States Year(s): 2009 Source: Primary Type: Multiple typesDiscussion
Other Notes:In fact, the women were more likely to show higher levels of overall physical and psychological aggression (although not of severe physical aggression) in the context of nonofficial aggression toward a partner.