Citation

Miller SL, Meloy ML. Violence Against Women 2006; 12(4): 409-409.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2006, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/1077801206288049

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Reports an error in the original article "Women's Use of Force: Voices of Women Arrested for Domestic Violence" by Susan L. Miller and Michelle L. Meloy (Violence Against Women, 2006[Jan], Vol. 12, 1, 89-115). The authors of the article erroneously attributed the publisher for the manual Women Who Abuse in Intimate Relationships. The correct publisher is given here. (The following abstract of this article originally appeared in record 2005-15720-006.) Following changes in law enforcement policies that encourage or mandate arrest of domestic violence offenders, a concomitant increase in women arrested and mandated to batterer treatment programs has resulted. Most research findings, however, suggest that heterosexual intimate violence is gendered, with abuse, power, and control wielded by men over their female partners, and that when women use violence, it is typically in self-defense or for nonaggressive reasons. However, few studies have investigated the female batterer treatment programs and the context of the women's use of violence. Using qualitative data collected from observations of three female domestic violence offender programs, this article examines women's interpretations of their violent experiences. In addition, the findings raise policy-level questions about the appropriateness of such programs, weighing the costs and benefits of a criminal justice approach to women's use of force in intimate relationships. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)