The Gender Paradigm in Family Court Processes: Re-balancing the Scales of Justice From Biased Social Science

Dutton, Donald G.; Hamel, John; Aaronson, Jon

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“…Research also shows that judges grant restraining orders 16 times more often in cases of female victims than in cases of male victims, even after controlling for the severity of violence (Basile, 2005;Muller, Desmarais, & Hamel, 2009). Further, several high-profile publications for child custody assessors (Bancroft & Silverman, 2002;Bancroft, Silverman, & Ritchie, 2011;Jaffe, Johnston, Crooks, & Bala, 2008;Jaffe, Lemon, & Poisson, 2003;Kelly & Johnson, 2008) provide guidelines for child custody evaluators that uniformly associate male gender with IPV perpetration and female gender with IPV victimization (see Dutton, 2006;Dutton, Hamel, & Aaronson, 2010, for more discussion). This combination of information suggests that men and women may be treated differently within the judicial system.…”

Section: What Is Legal and Administrative Aggression?mentioning

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A self‐report measure of legal and administrative aggression within intimate relationships

Hines

Douglas

Berger

2014

Aggressive Behavior

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Although experts agree that intimate partner violence (IPV) is a multidimensional phenomenon comprised of both physical and non-physical acts, there is no measure of legal and administrative (LA) forms of IPV. LA aggression is when one partner manipulates the legal and other administrative systems to the detriment of his/her partner. Our measure was developed using the qualitative literature on male IPV victims' experiences. We tested the reliability and validity of our LA aggression measure on two samples of men: 611 men who sustained IPV and sought help, and 1,601 men in a population-based sample. Construct validity of the victimization scale was supported through factor analyses, correlations with other forms of IPV victimization, and comparisons of the rates of LA aggression between the two samples; reliability was established through Cronbach's alpha. Evidence for the validity and reliability of the perpetration scale was mixed and therefore needs further analyses and revisions before we can recommend its use in empirical work. There is initial support for the victimization scale as a valid and reliable measure of LA aggression victimization among men, but work is needed using women's victimization's experiences to establish reliability and validity of this measure for women. An LA aggression measure should be developed using LGBTQ victims' experiences, and for couples who are well into the divorce and child custody legal process. Legal personnel and practitioners should be educated on this form of IPV so that they can appropriately work with clients who have been victimized or perpetrate LA aggression.

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Section: What Is Legal and Administrative Aggression?mentioning

confidence: 99%

A self‐report measure of legal and administrative aggression within intimate relationships

Hines

Douglas

Berger

2014

Aggressive Behavior

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“…Relatedly, research has shown that an individual's history with violence acts as a predictor of IPV, presumably because one learns that physical aggression is a highly effective strategy for resolving conflicts in their interpersonal relationships (Clift & Dutton, 2011;Dutton et al, 2010Graves et al, 2005Swan & Snow, 2006;White & Dutton, 2013;, although it comes at the expense of relationship quality. The experiences of African American females as victims, and their exposure to violence, serve to normalize aggression and violence as a part of daily life.…”

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“…However, in recent years, the landscape of IPV research has begun to evolve to account for non-white, non-heteronormative relationships (Dutton, Hamel, & Aaronson, 2010;Cannon, Lauve-Moon, & Buttell, 2015). It is imperative to fully acknowledge the scope of IPV in various communities, due to the regularity of its occurrence and its impact on these communities.…”

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Using an African American Lens to Explore the Intersection of Race, Gender, and Intimate Partner Violence

Washington¹,

Cannon²,

Buttell³

2017

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“…These scholars criticized those who reject the relevance of this paradigm. The criticism was, to a large extent, focused on the suggestions of Donald Dutton, one of the prominent researchers voicing a rejection of the relevance of gender thinking in partner violence (Dutton & Corvo, 2006;Dutton, Corvo, & Hamel, 2009;Dutton, Hamel, & Aaronson, 2010). Dekeseredy's, Gondolf 's, and Johnson's main criticism is against Dutton's and other researchers' tendency to provide simplistic and one-dimensional interpretations of the gender paradigm under which they operate.…”

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What Can We Learn From the Controversy Over the Role of Gender in Partner Violence?

Winstok

2013

Partner Abuse

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The aim of this article is to reexamine the controversy over gender differences in partner violence perpetration and victimization through the following questions:• What is the controversy about?• What interests researchers from both sides of the controversy, and how do they perceive partner violence? • What are the implications of the parties' different perspectives on how they study and understand partner violence? • How is the controversy on gender symmetry in partner violence reflected in the discourse of researchers from both sides of the controversy? • How many sides to the controversy are there? • Who's who in which groups? To which group should I assign myself?Answers to these questions indicate that the controversy over gender differences in partner violence perpetration and victimization cannot be resolved by empirical means. Moreover, it is suggested that the controversy cannot be resolved at all because of its paradigmatic nature. It stems from differing and competing paradigmatic outlooks, which disagree over the identification, definition, and understanding of partner violence. As such, the controversy cannot be mediated, resolved, or settled. Moreover, it does not have to be resolved, for it provides an opportunity to broaden and deepen our knowledge and understanding of the field.

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The Gender Paradigm in Family Court Processes: Re-balancing the Scales of Justice From Biased Social Science

Cited by 43 publications

References 87 publications

A self‐report measure of legal and administrative aggression within intimate relationships

A self‐report measure of legal and administrative aggression within intimate relationships

Using an African American Lens to Explore the Intersection of Race, Gender, and Intimate Partner Violence

What Can We Learn From the Controversy Over the Role of Gender in Partner Violence?

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