Domestic Violence in Australia: ARE WOMEN AND MEN EQUALLY VIOLENT?
Bruce Headey, Dorothy Scott, David de Vaus, University of Melbourne, University of Melbourne, La Trobe University
Conventional wisdom holds (i) that physical domestic violence is mainly perpetrated by men against women; (ii) that violent men, being physically stronger, inflict more pain and serious injuries than violent women; and (iii) that physical violence runs in families. To examine all three beliefs, we bring to bear nationwide sample survey data. In investigating domestic […]