Controversies in Partner Violence

Alcohol consumption, masculinity, and alcohol-related violence and anti-social behaviour in sportspeople

“…This supports the notion that masculinity is related to aggressive behaviour, independent of alcohol consumption. 28 Caution should be taken in interpreting this result because the proportion of men (28%) and women (6%) reporting intentional within-sport violence was small compared with those reporting alcohol-related aggression. Regardless, masculinity appears to play a role in alcohol-related and non-alcohol related aggression/violence.…”

“…29 Others argue that alcohol is used as an excuse for men's violence, and that men's masculinity-related beliefs and behaviours should be the focus of efforts to reduce violence. 28 These divergent perspectives are not arbitrary. Government funded national programs for reducing men's violence (e.g., OurWatch) 30 seek in part to change masculinityrelated beliefs, norms and identity in men as a means for reducing alcohol-related violence.…”

A Network Approach to Examining Co-occurring Victimization and Perpetration in Dating Abuse Among a Nationally Representative Sample of US Adolescents

“…Within that network, a connection between any two different ADA types exists when multiple people have experienced both. Our approach differs from prior work that has begun to examine how often ADA types, or pairs of ADA types, occur [2,5] because we model both direct and indirect pathways between varying types of ADA victimization and perpetration. In doing so, we seek to inform prevention and intervention programs by identifying specific ADA types that could signal the onset of other types.…”

“…Recent scholarship indicates that adolescents in abusive relationships are likely to experience victimization and engage in perpetration behaviors [3,5]. For example, a national study on ADA reported that 84% of victims also engaged in perpetration, and 92% of perpetrators also experienced victimization [6].…”

“…Although prior literature has confirmed that many adolescents in abusive dating relationships report both victimization and perpetration [3,5], our central purpose is to understand how and which different ADA victimization and perpetration types tend to co-occur and whether these vary by gender. As further described in the following sections, we apply network analytical techniques to examine co-occurrences of victimization and perpetration across genders.…”