Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
This book uses various theoretical perspectives to summarize what is known about the multiple causes of men′s violence against women, and stresses the importance of identifying men′s risk factors. The preliminary multivariate model identifies four content areas: macrosocietal; biological; gender role socialization; and relational factors to explain men′s violence against women.
Within these four content areas the editors develop thirteen preliminary hypotheses about the causes of men′s violence against women, which are critiqued by the contributors in the subsequent chapters.
Synopsis
Carefully organized and tightly edited, this insightful book considers potential causes of men's violence against women, utilizing a variety of theoretical perspectives. It summarizes what is known about the multiple causes of men's violence against women and the importance of identifying men's risk factors in order to prevent future violence.
The editors' approach is unique but systematic. In chapter 2, the editors present a preliminary multivariate model that explains men's violence against women by identifying four content areas: macrosocietal, biological, gender role socialization, and relation factors. Within these four areas, the editors develop thirteen preliminary hypotheses about the causes of men's violence against women. In the subsequent chapters the contributing authors critique or react to specific parts of the multivariate model and address one or more of the 13 hypotheses in the presentation of their own ideas about the causes of men's violence against women. In the concluding chapter, the editors summarize the contributors' reactions to the original hypotheses by creating a revised multivariate model of risk factors for men's violence against women. The final model includes biological, socialization, psychological, psychosocial, relational, and macrosocietal factors. Furthermore, the model is explained through 13 theoretical propositions, 40 research hypotheses, and over 60 risk variables related to men's violence against women. The book closes with a discussion of men's protective, resiliency, and vulnerability factors as well as future directions for theory development, advocacy, and the prevention of violence against women.
Description
Includes bibliographical references (p. 242-278) and index.
Table of Contents
What causes men to be violent against women? The unanswered and controversial question / Michele Harway, James M. O'Neil -- Preliminary multivariate model explaining the causes of men's violence against women / James M. O'Neil, Michele Harway -- Feminist perspectives on male violence against women : critiquing O'Neil and Harway's model / Amy J. Marin, Nancy Felipe Russo -- Male offenders : our understanding from the data / Richard J. Gelles -- Biological perspectives on violence against women / Anthony F. Greene -- The evolutionary origins of male violence against women / Louise B. Silverstein -- Men's gender-role conflict, defense mechanisms, and self-protective defensive strategies : explaining men's violence against women from a gender-role socialization perspective / James M. O'Neil, Rodney A. Nadeau -- Women's gender-role socialization, gender-role conflict, and abuse : a review of predisposing factors / Roberta L. Nutt -- Systems perspectives on battering : the importance of context and pattern / Stephen A. Anderson, Margaret C. Schlossberg -- Inter-gender relational dimensions of violence toward women : a co-constructive-developmental perspective / Sandra Rigazio-DiGilio, A. Stephen Lanza -- The interaction between societal violence and domestic violence : racial and cultural factors / Janis Sanchez-Hucles, Mary Ann Dutton -- Revised multivariate model explaining men's risk factors for violence against women : theoretical propositions, new hypotheses, and proactive recommendations / James M. O'Neil, Michele Harway.