1st Edition
Female Offenders of Intimate Partner Violence Current Controversies, Research and Treatment Approaches
PART 1
1. Introduction to Part I Lisa Conradi and Robert Geffner
Current Controversies and Prevalence Concerning Female Offenders of Intimate Partner Violence
2. Why the Overwhelming Evidence on Partner Physical Violence by Women Has Not Been Perceived and Is Often Denied Murray A. Straus
3. Women’s Use of Intimate Partner Violence against Men: Prevalence, Implications, and Consequences Denise A. Hines and Emily M. Douglas
4. The Psychology of Women’s Partner Violence: Characteristics and Cautions Nicola Graham-Kevan
Research Examining The Role of Gender and Race/Ethnicity in Intimate Partner Violence
5. Gender Differences in Partner Violence in Context: Deconstructing Johnson’s (2001) Control-Based Typology of Violent Couples Jody M. Ross and Julia C. Babcock
6. Gender Differences in Risk Factors for Intimate Partner Violence Recidivism Kris Henning, Rochelle Martinsson, and Robert Holdford
7. Relationships Among Women’s Use of Aggression, Their Victimization, and Substance Use Problems: A Test of the Moderating Effects of Race/Ethnicity Tami P. Sullivan, Courtenay E. Cavanaugh, Michelle J. Ufner, Suzanne C. Swan, and David L. Snow
PART II
8. Introduction to Part II Lisa Conradi and Robert Geffner
Research Examining the Motivation of Women’s Use of Intimate Partner Violence
9. Why I Hit Him: Women’s Reasons for Intimate Partner Violence Jennifer E. Caldwell, Suzanne C. Swan, Christopher T. Allen, Tami P. Sullivan, and David L. Snow
10. Motivations and Justifications for Partner Aggression in a Sample of African American College Women J. Celeste Walley-Jean and Suzanne Swan
11. An Exploratory Study of Women as Dominant Aggressors of Physical Violence in Their Intimate Relationships Lisa Conradi, Robert Geffner, L. Kevin Hamberger, and Gary Lawson
12. What Will Happen if I Punch Him? Expected Consequences of Female Violence Against Male Dating Partners Penny A. Leisring
Treatment Implications and Approaches for Female Offenders of Intimate Partner Violence
13. Female Perpetrators of Intimate Partner Violence: Within-Group Heterogeneity, Related Psychopathology, and a Review of Current Treatment with Recommendations for the Future Julie Goldenson, Alicia Spidel, Caroline Greaves, and Donald Dutton
14. A Comparison of Women Who Were Mandated and Nonmandated to the “Responsible Choices for Women” Group Leslie M. Tutty, Robbie Babins-Wagner, and Michael A. Rothery
Biography
Lisa Conradi, PsyD is a Clinical Psychologist at the Chadwick Center, Rady Children’s Hospital, San Diego. She has led multiple projects of national impact designed to improve the service delivery system for children who have experienced trauma. Her interests include domestic violence and working with children affected by trauma.
Robert Geffner, PhD, ABN, ABPP, is the Founder and President of the Family Violence and Sexual Assault Institute in San Diego, CA; President of Alliant International University’s (AIU) Institute on Violence, Abuse and Trauma (IVAT); and Clinical Research Professor of Psychology at the California School of Professional Psychology, AIU, San Diego, CA.
