Testing Johnson’s Typology: Is There Gender Symmetry in Intimate Terrorism?

2014 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 73-88 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jana Jasinski ◽  
Lindsey Blumenstein ◽  
Rachel Morgan
Keyword(s):  
Male Victims ◽  
Domestic Assault ◽  
Gender Symmetry ◽  
Symptoms Of Depression ◽  
Intimate Terrorism ◽  
Couple Violence ◽  
Situational Couple Violence ◽  
Victims Of Violence ◽  
Using Data ◽  
The Relationship

Despite the vast literature on gender symmetry in the perpetration of domestic assault, few studies have looked specifically at both the female and male victims of violence. Using data from the National Violence Against Women Survey (NVAWS) and building on the work of Johnson and Leone (2005), this study is a comparison of the female and male victims of intimate terrorism (IT) and an examination of the effects of IT on male victims. The findings indicate that IT, as a type of violence, does not have the same characteristics when the victims are men. Men involved in a terroristic marriage are not more likely to be injured, do not miss work more frequently, and are not more likely to report symptoms of depression compared to men involved in situational couple violence (SCV). Other findings appear to point to gender symmetry between women and men regarding IT, although broad conclusions based on these findings cannot be made in the absence of a sufficient means to measure the level of coercion within the relationship. Additional research is needed with more innovative and complete measures of control, the defining characteristic of IT.

“Maybe She Was Provoked”

2016 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 89-113 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer A. Scarduzio ◽  
Kellie E. Carlyle ◽  
Kate Lockwood Harris ◽  
Matthew W. Savage
Keyword(s):  
Gender Stereotypes ◽  
Partner Violence ◽  
Past Research ◽  
Gender Symmetry ◽  
News Stories ◽  
Intimate Terrorism ◽  
Power And Control ◽  
Couple Violence ◽  
Situational Couple Violence ◽  
And Control

The current study is concerned with the different types of gender stereotypes that participants may draw upon when exposed to news stories about intimate partner violence (IPV). We qualitatively analyzed open-ended responses examining four types of gender stereotypes—aggression, emotional, power and control, and acceptability of violence. We offer theoretical implications that extend past research on intimate terrorism and situational couple violence, the gender symmetry debate, and how stereotypes are formed. We also discuss practical implications for journalists who write stories about IPV and individuals who provide services to victims and perpetrators.

An Empirical Test of Johnson's Typology of Intimate Partner Violence in Two Samples of Men

Partner Abuse ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 180-198
Author(s):  
Denise A. Hines ◽  
Emily M. Douglas
Keyword(s):  
Intimate Partner Violence ◽  
Partner Violence ◽  
Empirical Test ◽  
Population Based ◽  
Intimate Partner ◽  
Male Victims ◽  
Intimate Terrorism ◽  
Couple Violence ◽  
Two Samples ◽  
Situational Couple Violence

Johnson's typology of intimate partner violence (IPV) postulates four types: intimate terrorism (IT), situational couple violence (SCV), violent resistance (VR), and mutual violent control (MVC). Johnson asserts that IT (i.e., severe violence is part of the perpetrator's use of coercive control and power) is primarily perpetrated by men and can be solely explained by patriarchal theory and MVC is rare. These assertions are based on results from samples that included data only on women and victimization. This study tests Johnson's typology using a population-based sample of men and a sample of male IPV victims. Results showed that women were the primary perpetrators of IT, while men primarily used VR. SCV was more common in the population-based sample than in the male victims sample. MVC was just as common as IT in the population-based sample, while IT was more common than MVC in the male victims sample. We compare our results with Johnson's and discuss issues of sampling biases and the need for more complex underlying theories.

scholarly journals Untangling the concept of coercive control: Theorizing domestic violent crime

2018 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 7-28 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sylvia Walby ◽  
Jude Towers
Keyword(s):  
Domestic Violence ◽  
Violent Crime ◽  
Physical Violence ◽  
Economic Resources ◽  
Coercive Control ◽  
England And Wales ◽  
Intimate Terrorism ◽  
Original Analysis ◽  
Couple Violence ◽  
Situational Couple Violence

The article assesses three approaches to domestic violence: two that use the concept of ‘coercive control’ and one that uses ‘domestic violent crime’. These are: Stark’s concept of coercive control; Johnson’s distinction between situational couple violence and intimate terrorism, in which coercive control is confined to the latter; and that of domestic violent crime, in which all physical violence is conceptualized as coercive and controlling. The article assesses these three approaches on seven issues. It offers original analysis of data from the Crime Survey for England and Wales concerning variations in repetition and seriousness in domestic violent crime. It links escalation in domestic violent crime to variations in the economic resources of the victim. It concludes that the concept of domestic violent crime is preferable to that of coercive control when seeking to explain variations in domestic violence.

scholarly journals ‘A Shocking State of Domestic Unhappiness’: Male Victims of Female Violence and the Courts in Late Nineteenth Century Stafford

Societies ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 40 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jo Turner
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Late Nineteenth Century ◽  
Male Victims ◽  
The Past ◽  
Female Violence ◽  
The Press ◽  
Female Perpetrator ◽  
Victims Of Violence ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Domestic Setting

Instances where men were the victims of female violence in the past are very difficult to explore, especially when the violence took place in a domestic setting. There is now a notable body of work on violence in the nineteenth century but none that looks specifically at male victims of violence where there was a female perpetrator, and their treatment by the courts. This article goes some way in filling that gap by using data collected in researching female offenders at the end of the nineteenth century in Stafford. It argues that, as with violence where there was a female victim and female perpetrator, the courts and the press were similarly unconcerned and somewhat dismissive of female violence towards men in a domestic setting, thus being unsympathetic towards male victims of female violence.

scholarly journals Investigating Violence and Control Dyadically in a Help-Seeking Sample from Mozambique

2012 ◽  
Vol 2012 ◽  
pp. 1-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicola Graham-Kevan ◽  
Antonio Eugenio Zacarias ◽  
Joaquim J. F. Soares
Keyword(s):  
Childhood Abuse ◽  
Partner Violence ◽  
Help Seeking ◽  
Healthcare Service ◽  
Intimate Violence ◽  
Intimate Terrorism ◽  
Couple Violence ◽  
Situational Couple Violence ◽  
And Control ◽  
Controlling Behaviors

A sample of 1442 women attending a Forensic Healthcare Service provided information on their own and their partners' use of controlling behaviors, partner violence, and sexual abuse, as well as their own experiences of childhood abuse. Using Johnson's typology, the relationships were categorized as Nonviolent, Intimate Terrorism, or Situational Couple Violence. Findings suggest that help-seeking women’s experiences of intimate violence may be diverse, with their roles ranging from victim to perpetrator.

Perpetrator Risk Markers for Intimate Terrorism and Situational Couple Violence: A Meta-Analysis

2018 ◽  
Vol 21 (5) ◽  
pp. 922-931 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heather A. Love ◽  
Chelsea M. Spencer ◽  
Scott A. May ◽  
Marcos Mendez ◽  
Sandra M. Stith
Keyword(s):  
Partner Violence ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Clinical Samples ◽  
Sample Type ◽  
Risk Markers ◽  
Female Victims ◽  
Control Power ◽  
Intimate Terrorism ◽  
Couple Violence ◽  
Situational Couple Violence

Johnson developed a typology of intimate partner violence (IPV) which includes two different categories of violence: situational couple violence (SCV) and intimate terrorism (IT). Johnson proposed that IT is more likely to be found in clinical samples (e.g., batterer intervention programs or domestic violence shelters) compared to nonclinical (general population) samples. This meta-analysis ( n = 149 studies; k = 216 effect sizes) examines differences in the strengths of IPV risk markers in clinical and nonclinical samples of male perpetrators and female victims. All variables (communication and conflict resolution, demand–withdraw patterns, relationship dissatisfaction, controlling behaviors, jealousy, patriarchal beliefs, power in the relationship, and stalking) were expected to be significantly related to IPV for both clinical and nonclinical populations. However, specific variables indicative of IT (control, jealousy, patriarchal beliefs, power, and stalking) were expected to be more strongly associated with clinical samples compared to nonclinical samples. As expected, most variables were significant for clinical and nonclinical populations, and IT risk markers (control, power, jealousy, and patriarchal beliefs) were significantly stronger risk markers for IPV in clinical samples. These results indicate that Johnson’s typology may be conceptualized as representing a continuum of violence, with IT being more severe due to the controlling nature of the violence. Sample type needs to be considered when research about IPV is disseminated, as different degrees of IPV (IT vs. SCV) may be present depending on sample type. Implications from this study include the need to differentiate the level of violence and to tailor intervention for IPV appropriately.

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