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Wife battering has been described as the social problem of the 1990s. National surveys conducted in 1975 and 1985 suggest that domestic violence exists at “epidemic” proportions (Straus & Gelles, 1990): nearly 2 million women battered a year. At least one act of violence occurs per year in 16% of all married couples. Nearly one-third of all married couples experience physical abuse at some point. Sixteen percent of murder victims were killed by family members, and spouse murders make up the largest category of family murders (41%) (Dawson & Langan, 1994). They are typically related to a long history of wife battering (Fagan & Browne, 1994).
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Dutton, M.A., Gondolf, E.W. (2000). Wife Battering. In: Ammerman, R.T., Hersen, M. (eds) Case Studies in Family Violence. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-4171-4_15
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