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Doing the "right" thing : aboriginal women, violence and justiceKoshan, Jennifer 11 1900 (has links)
This thesis focuses on Aboriginal women as survivors of intimate violence, and as
participants in debates about justice and rights in the academic, political and legal spheres.
While several federal and provincial reports have documented the adverse impact of the
dominant criminal justice system on Aboriginal peoples, most of the reports fail to consider
the impact of the dominant system, and of reform initiatives on Aboriginal women, who
engage with such systems primarily as survivors of violence. Although feminist legal
scholars and activists have focused on survivors of violence in critiquing the dominant justice
system, such discourses have also tended to ignore the needs and concerns of Aboriginal
women in recommending reforms to the dominant system, as well as in theorizing the causes
and sites of intimate violence.
Using feminist methods, I explore how the writings of Aboriginal women have begun
to fill these gaps. In focusing on gender and racial oppression, Aboriginal women have
complicated theories on and reforms around intimate violence, and have demanded that they
be included in the shaping of public institutions in both the Canadian legal system, and in
the context of Aboriginal self-government. While Aboriginal women largely support the
creation of Aboriginal justice systems, some have expressed concerns about the willingness
of Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal leaders to include women in the process of creating,
implementing and operating such systems. The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms,
as well as Aboriginal rights under the Constitution Act, 1982 have been advocated as means
of achieving Aboriginal women's participation in this context.
This gives rise to a number of fundamental questions which I examine in my thesis.
What is the historical basis for the participation of Aboriginal women in the political process,
and for survivors of violence in both the dominant and Aboriginal justice systems? What is
the significance of the absence of Aboriginal women from dominant discourses on justice and
intimate violence? Might a broader level of participation for survivors of violence, both
Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal, ameliorate the problematic aspects of the dominant justice
system? Does the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms provide a vehicle for survivors
of violence who seek a greater level of protection and participation in the dominant justice
system? Can the Charter, or Aboriginal rights under the Canadian constitution, assist
Aboriginal women in establishing a right of participation in the processes leading to the
creation of Aboriginal justice systems, and their participation in such systems once they have
been created? What are the limitations of rights discourse in this context?
My analysis suggests that the Supreme Court of Canada's conservative approach to
rights, as well as more fundamental limitations in rights discourse, make constitutional
litigation within the dominant system a sometimes necessary, but not ideal strategy for
Aboriginal women in defining their involvement in the political and justice arenas. On the
other hand, there is potential for rights discourse to bear more fruit once Aboriginal decision
making fora are in place, in keeping with holistic approaches to interpretation, and the
traditional roles of Aboriginal women and survivors of violence in justice and in the
community. / Law, Peter A. Allard School of / Graduate
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Wife assault, patterns of male attachment and intimate conflict behaviours: a study of fifty menSaunders, Keith Donald 05 1900 (has links)
The purpose of this preliminary and exploratory research
project was to identify possible links between insecure male
attachment patterns and wife assault. Attachment theory suggests
that the quality of early interpersonal relationships has a
profound effect on the psychological, emotional and social
development of the individual. Insecure attachment has been found
to be associated with a number of relationship problems and these
interpersonal problems have also been identified with men who
assault their wives. Based on this similarity, the insecure
attachment paradigm may offer a useful theoretical orientation
for understanding the conflict behaviours of men who assault
their wives.
The sample of fifty adult men who had assaulted their female
partners was drawn from two therapy groups. In this
preliminary and exploratory study, a number of measures were used
to assess each man's mental representation of childhood
attachment and his adult intimate attachment patterns, intimate
conflict tactics and interpersonal jealousy and anger problems.
The associations between insecure preoccupied, dismissing, and
fearful attachment pattern ratings and male conflict tactic and
relationship problems were then analyzed. The findings indicated
that men who assault their wives had a high proportion of
insecure adult intimate attachment patterns. These assaultive men
were also found to be predominantly insecure in both their mental
representations of childhood attachment and adult intimate
attachment pattern ratings, with the greatest continuity occurring with the insecure preoccupied and fearful pattern
ratings.
Three patterns of relationship problems corresponding to the
three insecure adult intimate attachment pattern rating were
found. Preoccupied attachment pattern ratings were positively
correlated with interpersonal jealousy scores and the reported
use of the reasoning, verbal/symbolic abuse, physical abuse and
severe physical abuse conflict tactics. Dismissing attachment
pattern ratings were positively correlated with interpersonal
anger scores and negatively correlated with the reasoning,
verbal, physical and severe physical abuse conflict tactics.
Fearful attachment pattern ratings were similar to the dismissing
pattern in the positive correlation with interpersonal anger
scores. The importance of considering insecure adult intimate
attachment pattern ratings when providing group therapy to men
who assault their wives was considered. Men with high insecure
dismissing adult intimate attachment pattern ratings seem to
require a distinctly different therapeutic approach than those
with high insecure preoccupied adult intimate attachment pattern
ratings and ideas in this regard are discussed. / Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies / Graduate
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Abused women and their protection in ChinaChen, Min 05 1900 (has links)
Violence against women, especially wife abuse, is a social problem that exists in almost
every country in the world. China is no exception. Statistics show that wife abuse in
present-day China is prevalent and serious. However, this social problem was largely
invisible until the early 1990s. At present, it is still not recognized at the official level and
there has been no systematic in-depth research on it to date.
North American feminists have long realized the seriousness of this issue and have since
done a great deal of research with respect to the causes, prevalence and control of wife
abuse. Their perspectives reflect the social reality in North American countries, but are
they useful for other countries? This thesis tries to explore a feminist approach to the
analysis of violence against women in the home in China's context, especially the lack of
political will, which inevitably results in the failure of the criminal justice system to enforce
the laws against wife abuse. The thesis tries to prove that violence against women in the
home is a serious social problem in China that must be recognized and dealt with
effectively. In order to control it, a sincere political commitment to deal with the problem
is of paramount importance. The joint efforts of all social sectors, the criminal justice
system in particular, are vital to guarantee gender equality in the private sphere.
The thesis considers western feminist theories with respect to violence against women in
the home as a gendered issue and the impact of feminist perspectives on controlling wife battery in western countries; investigates the dimensions and causes of wife abuse in
China, demonstrating that this abuse is an unrecognized but serious social problem in
China; explores the existing legislative protection of crime victims in China; analyzes the
existing problems with the criminal justice system with respect to providing assistance to
battered wives; discusses various reasons why the criminal justice system fails battered
women in China, including the factors of state policy, women's federations, patriarchal
ideology, mass media and social indifference, and gives suggestions on how to prevent and
control spousal assault. / Law, Peter A. Allard School of / Graduate
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Management of domestic violence: risk-based assessment and intervention guidelines with perpetrators of intimate violenceLondt, Marcel P January 2004 (has links)
Philosophiae Doctor - PhD / The main goal of this study was to develop assessment and intervention guidelines that will provide practitioners with a framework to develop and implement batterer intervention programmes. The development of batterer intervention programmes must be informed by risk-based assessment and the study has identified this as a priority. This priority was informed by the popular notions that batterer intervention by itself, is futile and that intervention efforts were misdirected and useless. The author was of the opinion that if specific risk markers were identified, the batterer intervention efforts could be a tool to influence the values, beliefs and dangerous behaviours of abusive men. This study attempted to formally identify those risk factors that should be considered with batterers so that appropriate guidelines for assessment and intervention could result. / South Africa
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Counseling the battererBrown, Robert Oliver 01 January 1984 (has links)
Domestic violence has received increasing attention in recent years as an area of concern for the helping professional. Despite this interest, programs for counseling the batterer are relatively few and counseling interventions for use with this client population are in what could be termed an experimental phase. The purpose of Counseling the Batterer is to review the pertinent literature concerned with counseling the batterer, to explore several programs which have been involved in this effort, and also to design a model group counseling program for abusive males. The foundation for the model program is based on the pertinent literature and programs while the content and process reflect the writer's counseling experience in this field.
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Women's Advocates: Grassroots Organizing in St. Paul, MinnesotaDennison, Amanda Jo 29 July 2015 (has links)
No description available.
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Battered Korean women in urban America : the relationship of cultural conflict to wife abuse /Song, Young I. January 1986 (has links)
No description available.
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Characteristics of male batterers and substance abusers: the relationship between sex role attitudes and the approval and severity of the use of physical force by men in a family contextCrossman, Rita Kay 22 June 2010 (has links)
Purpose. This study examined the link between sex-role stereotyping and male violence to provide an empirical base for the development of an appropriate predictive model of marital violence and to improve treatment provided to this population. Method. The sample of study included 44 men participating in programs for batterers and 71 men in programs for substance abusers. Subjects were compared according to approval and severity of use of physical violence, childhood history of violence, level of alcohol use, and sex-role attitudes. Results. Results of the study indicated that level of sex-role egalitarianism was not significantly related to use of marital violence. However, level of violence in childhood, level of alcohol abuse and level of approval of marital violence were related to the use of violence by men in a family context.
Statistical analysis of the data revealed no significant differences between the batterers and substance abusers on the level of sex-role egalitarianism, the level of violence in childhood, nor on the level of approval of marital violence. Significant differences were revealed between the groups on their level of the use of alcohol. Similarities between the two groups suggest joint treatment potential. / Master of Science
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Group psychotherapy for male spouse abusers using TFA systems (tm)Clow, Daniel Robert January 1989 (has links)
The purpose of this action study was to conduct a group psychotherapy for male spouse abusers using TFA Systems™. This treatment method examined the specific thoughts (T), feelings (F), and actions (A) experienced by abusive men in pre-violent situations.
Situational specificity was followed throughout the treatment, making it relevant to the individual offender. The presenting problem leading to each subject's arrest was carefully analyzed using TFA assessment methods. Cues of approaching violence were isolated, and described in TFA terms. Subjects also identified personalized high-stress situations prone to violence. Applying TFA methods to these selected situations, they learned individualized and non-violent alternatives, preparing strategies for control. Group process was structured for flexibility, using the TFA Helping Cycle.
The evaluation component of this study assessed the immediate outcomes and initial effects of treatment. Data were collected from subjective and objective assessments, using triangulation to strengthen observations.
The results of this action study suggest that the TFA assessment methodology effectively described spouse abusers' TFA interactions prior to impulsive violence. Subjects were able to learn and apply the TFA concepts so as to increase pre-violence awareness. Participants in treatment became more thinking oriented in situations of mounting tension, moderating feelings, and actions. TFA treatment responded to the context, thoughts, feelings, and actions of abusive men. The Hutchins Behavior Inventory, an assessment of TFA functioning in specified situations, confirmed changes in abusers' TFA functioning. TFA treatment was shown to be a promising method for intervening in the violence cycle. / Ed. D.
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An examination of the effects of marital violence on childrenLo, Miu-kwan, Miriam., 盧妙群. January 1992 (has links)
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