The Battered Woman Syndrome, Fourth Edition by Lenore E. A. Walker EdD

Author:Lenore E. A. Walker, EdD
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Springer Publishing Company, Inc.
Published: 2016-10-14T04:00:00+00:00

Abuse in Their Childhood Homes

The women reported that many of these men have always lived in an atmosphere of violence in their families. This can be seen in Table 12.2. Spouse or child abuse occurred in 81% of the batterers’ childhood homes as compared to 24% of the nonviolent men’s homes. In 63% of the men’s families, their fathers beat their mothers. This is in contrast to abuse in only 27% of the nonbatterers’ homes. In 61% of the men’s childhood homes, they told the women that their fathers battered them, and in 44%, they told the women that they were battered by their mothers. In some cases, they were battered by both. These data become even more significant when compared to the 23% of nonbatterers beaten by their fathers and 13% beaten by their mothers. And, perpetuating the high level of violence in the family, over one half of the batterers (53%) reportedly battered their children. This is consistent with Hotaling and Sugarman’s (1986) study that the highest risk marker to predict if a man will use violence in his relationship is if he was exposed to abuse in his childhood home.

Table 12.2 Battering History

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