TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2009//
TI  - Official incidents of domestic violence: Types, injury, and associations with nonofficial couple aggression
JO  - Violence and victims
A1  - Capaldi, Deborah M.
A1  - Shortt, Joann Wu
A1  - Kim, Hyoun K.
A1  - Wilson, Jonathan
A1  - Crosby, Lynn
A1  - Tucci, Shivan
SP  - 502
EP  - 519
VL  - 24
IS  - 4
N2  - Official police reports of intimate partner violence (IPV) were examined in a community sample of young, at-risk couples to determine the degree of mutuality and the relation between IPV arrests and aggression toward a partner (self-reported, partner reported, and observed). Arrests were predominantly of the men. Men were more likely to initiate physical contact, use physical force, and inflict injuries than women, although few injuries required medical attention. In the context of nonofficial aggression toward a partner, overall, women had higher levels of physical and psychological aggression compared to men, and levels of severe physical aggression did not differ by gender. Couples with an IPV arrest were more aggressive toward each other than couples with no IPV arrests; however, nonofficial levels of aggression were not higher for men than for women among couples experiencing an IPV incident.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0886-6708
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1891/0886-6708.24.4.502
ID  - ref1
ER  -