Citation

Grossman SF. Shofar 2005; 23(3): 212-214.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2005, Purdue University Press)

DOI

10.1353/sho.2005.0106

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Domestic violence remains a problem of staggering proportions. According to data from the National Violence Against Women Survey, approximately 1.5 million women are raped and/or physically assaulted by a current or former spouse, cohabiting partner, or date at least once annually; if repeat victimization is taken into account, this number increases to almost 4.8 million. Victims of intimate partner violence are not restricted to one racial, ethnic, or economic group or, as this important and thought-provoking book makes clear, to any one religious group. While data on victims of abuse in national studies do not include information about religious affiliation, Kaufman presents statistics suggesting that rates of abuse in the Jewish community are comparable to estimates in the general population (p. 46). This abuse, and the lack of response of the Jewish community to its presence, is the focus of Kaufman's book. Kaufman, an industrial and organizational psychologist by training, approaches the issue from an organizational perspective.

Language: en