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040			_aAFVC
100			_aBraaf, Rochelle _9810
245			_aThe gender debate in domestic violence : _bthe role of data _cRochelle Braaf and Isobelle Barrett Meyering
260			_aSydney, NSW ; _bAustralian Domestic and Family Violence Clearinghouse, _c2013
300			_belectronic document (23 p.); PDF file: 899.04 KB
500			_aADFVC issues paper 25, May 2013
500			_aRecommended reading
520			_aKey points: The gender debate is one of the enduring controversies in domestic violence research. On the one hand, feminist researchers have long identified ‘gender asymmetry’ in domestic violence, arguing that women are the primary targets of abuse and that men comprise the large majority of perpetrators. On the other hand, family conflict researchers typically find ‘gender symmetry’, arguing that women and men experience and perpetrate violence at similar rates. • Within the gender debate, two of the most contentious issues concern researchers’ definitions of domestic violence and their methods of data collection. • Feminist and family conflict researchers differ in how they conceptualise violence in relationships. Feminist researchers emphasise the wider dynamics of domestic violence: why it occurs, how it manifests and victim outcomes. Family conflict researchers define violence more narrowly, being primarily concerned with measuring incidents of violence between partners. • Feminist and family conflict researchers also differ in their data collection methods. Feminist researchers tend to favour qualitative approaches commonly used in clinical studies, as well as quantitative information collected via officially reported data and community sample surveys. Family conflict researchers tend to favour quantitative approaches, relying predominantly on acts-based surveys (such as the Conflict Tactics Scale). • These differences in turn influence feminist and family conflict researchers’ findings about men’s and women’s experiences and perpetration of violence. In particular, their findings conflict in relation to perpetrator motivation for violence, forms and levels of abuse, severity of abuse, repetition of violence and impacts on victims. • Certainly, all violence in intimate relationships is unacceptable. However, an accurate analysis of the relationship between gender and domestic violence is essential to develop effective prevention and responses. • No single type of data collection method provides a complete picture of domestic violence. Furthermore, individual studies or data sets vary considerably in depth and quality of information. Researchers and practitioners, therefore, need to be mindful of the strengths and weaknesses of a chosen approach when drawing conclusions and making recommendations. • From the real life examples presented in this paper and in many other studies canvassed, practitioners and advocates should have confidence in claims of gender asymmetry in domestic violence. (from page 1)
650	2	7	_9181 _aDATA ANALYSIS
650	2	7	_aABUSED MEN _924
650	2	7	_aABUSED WOMEN _925
650	2	7	_aRECOMMENDED READING _96431
650	2	7	_aGENDER _9269
650	2	7	_aGENDER SYMMETRY DEBATE _96447
650	2	7	_9431 _aINTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE
650	2	7	_aMEN _9375
650	2	7	_aPĀRURENGA _92626
650	2	7	_aPERPETRATORS _92644
650	2	7	_aTĀNE _93326
650	2	7	_aTANGATA HARA _96912
650	2	7	_aTATAURANGA _9598
650	2	7	_aTŪKINOTANGA Ā-WHĀNAU _95382
650	2	7	_aVICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE _9624
650	2	7	_aWĀHINE _94040
650	2	7	_aWOMEN _9645
651		4	_aAUSTRALIA _92597
651		4	_aINTERNATIONAL _93624
700			_aBarrett Meyering, Isobelle. _93105
773	0	3	_tADFVC issues paper 25, May 2013
830			_aADFVC issues paper _95514
856			_uhttps://files.vine.org.nz/koha-files/The_gender_debate_in_domestic_violence_ADFVC_2013.pdf _zDownload paper, PDF
856			_uhttp://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/34659/20130701-1458/IssuesPaper25.pdf _yArchived copy
942			_2ddc _cBRIEFING