Confronting The Cycle Of Violence: An Ecclesial Response To The Survivors Of Family Violence At San Marcos

Stop Family Violence

10.1093/oso/9780190858988.003.0004 ◽

2018 ◽

Author(s):

Richard P. Barth ◽

Rebecca J. Macy

Keyword(s):

Criminal Justice ◽

Family Violence ◽

Adult Children ◽

Cycle Of Violence ◽

Intimate Partners ◽

Serious Injury

Family violence is a common American tragedy. Assaults by parents, intimate partners, and adult children frequently result in serious injury and even death. Such violence costs billions of dollars annually in social and criminal justice spending. Proven interventions can prevent abuse, identify abuse sooner, and help families survive and thrive by breaking the cycle of violence or finding safe alternatives.

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Problematising the Relationship between Teenage Boys and Parent Abuse: Constructions of Masculinity and Violence

Social Policy and Society ◽

10.1017/s1474746411000583 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 11 (2) ◽

pp. 265-276 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Helen Baker

Keyword(s):

Domestic Violence ◽

Family Violence ◽

Intergenerational Transmission ◽

Cycle Of Violence ◽

Intergenerational Transmission Of Violence ◽

Parent Abuse ◽

The Uk ◽

The Relationship

Although research into parent abuse is scant in the context of the UK, there is now a burgeoning of interest into how this form of family violence fits into the historically well-defined arena of domestic violence research. This article investigates one aspect of the phenomena of parent abuse; that is, how teenage boys, who are often perceived as perpetrators of such violence due to problematic ‘cycle of violence’ or ‘intergenerational transmission of violence’ theories, are constructed in relation to it. These now widely discredited theories, which correlate being a man with being violent, are problematic, but may re-emerge as a possible explanation for parent abuse. This article questions these theories in the context of both domestic violence and parent abuse by demonstrating how they are based upon a culturally constructed notion of masculinity.

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