Citation

Nicholls TL, Dutton DG. J. Couples Ther. 2001; 10(1): 41-57.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2001, Haworth Press)

DOI

10.1300/J036v10n01_04

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

A review of the rapidly expanding empirical research exploring the incidence, prevalence and characteristics of domestic violence committed by women against male intimates supports several conclusions: (1) the majority of abuse- in intimate relationships involves mutual aggression; (2) women are as likely to aggress against partners as are men, and men arc as likely as women to be the victims of intimate assaults; (3) women are more likely to be physically injured; and, (4) severe systematic abuse in intimate relationships is rare.