This book uses various theoretical perspectives to summarize what is known about the multiple causes of men s violence against women, and stresses the importance of identifying men s risk factors. The preliminary multivariate model identifies four content areas: macrosocietal; biological; gender role socialization; and relational factors to explain men s violence against women. Within these four content areas the editors develop thirteen preliminary hypotheses about the causes of men s violence against women, which are ...
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This book uses various theoretical perspectives to summarize what is known about the multiple causes of men s violence against women, and stresses the importance of identifying men s risk factors. The preliminary multivariate model identifies four content areas: macrosocietal; biological; gender role socialization; and relational factors to explain men s violence against women. Within these four content areas the editors develop thirteen preliminary hypotheses about the causes of men s violence against women, which are critiqued by the contributors in the subsequent chapters.
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