found women were more likely than men to have experienced intimate violence across all 4 types of abuse: partner abuse, family abuse, sexual assault, stalking
dobash and dobash
research using police and court records, interviews with women
found that violent incidents could be set off as husbands saw women challenging authority
they argue marriage legitimises violence against women
crime survey for England and Wales
estimates that 7.3% of women had experienced domestic abuse compared with 3.6% of men
official statistics
many argue are not an accurate representation of domestic violence
victims unwilling to report
police may be reluctant to record, investigate crimes
leads to dark figure of crime where many cases are lost or never discovered
yearnshire
found that on average a women suffers 35 assaults before making a report
cheal
police are reluctant to report crimes because they are not prepared to become involved with the family , believe it is not as important as other crimes
2 explanations of domestic violence
radical feminist explanation
materialist explanation
millett and firestone - radical feminist
argue all societies have been created by the patriarchy
men are the enemy
domestic violence is an inevitable feature of patriarchy
a03 - deterministic, ignore female crime, not all women are most likely to be victims
Wilkinson and Pickett - materialist explanation
see DV as the result on stress on family members caused by social inequality
Ansley - marxist feminist
women are takers of shit
dv is the product of capitalism
male workers release their anger on capitalism and work on women
