Unprecedented Domestic Violence Study by SPC Journal Partner Abuse Affirms Need to Recognize Male Victims

By Springer Publishing

Partner Abuse

Quarterly
ISSN: 19466560
eISSN: 19466579

Springer Publishing Company journal Partner Abuse just published the final installment of the most comprehensive review of the scholarly domestic violence research literature ever conducted. It concluded, among other things, that women perpetrate physical and emotional abuse, and engage in control behaviors, at comparable rates to men. The Partner Abuse State of Knowledge project, or PASK, is an unparalleled three-year research project, conducted by 42 scholars at 20 universities and research centers, and including information on 17 areas of domestic violence research.

Watch a video interview with Partner Abuse Editor-in-Chief and PASK Director, John Hamel, discussing PASK’s key findings and policy implications, or read the PASKnews release!