Edward
E.
Bartlett, PhD, President
Stop
Abusive
and Violent Environments
PO
Box 1221
Rockville,
MD
20849
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Abuse-Prone
Women Around the World Need Help, Research Shows
Hundreds
of
studies conducted in the United States have examined the nature and
extent of
domestic violence. For example, a U.S. Centers for Disease
Control survey
reported that among young adults, half of all partner aggression was
mutual,
and 71% of the instigators of nonreciprocal partner violence are
female.
But
what
about partner aggression in other countries?
Stop
Abusive
and Violent Environments (SAVE) has just published a new Policy
Briefing: What
is the Profile of Domestic Violence Around the
World?:
http://www.saveservices.org/policymakers/what-is-the-profile-of-domestic-violence-around-the-world
The briefing
summarizes
the findings from 6 community surveys of intimate partner aggression
conducted
in countries throughout the world.
In
28
countries, female-initiated violence was the more typical pattern:
Australia,
Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Germany, Great Britain, Guatemala, Hong
Kong,
Hungary, India, Israel, Jordan, Lithuania, Malta, Mexico, Namibia,
Netherlands,
New Zealand, Romania, Singapore, South Africa, Swaziland, Switzerland,
Taiwan,
Russia, United States, and Zambia. In 4 countries, male-initiated
violence was
more common than female-initiated aggression: Greece, Portugal,
Tanzania, and
Venezuela. And in 4 countries, the violence rate between the sexes was
found to
be equal: Iran, Japan, Scotland, and Sweden.