Ferraro and Johnson sought out to determine why is is exactly that battered women tend to stay in a relationship with an abusive lover or spouse. Through out their research they examined six different techniques victims often use to rationalize their actions as to why they continue to stay in an abusive relationship, catalysts which often serve as rationalizations for women to reevaluate their lives, and potential consequences that women may face when attempting to leave a volatile relationship (Ferraro and Johnson, 1982). This article related to the current discussion topic this week of homicide and aggravated assault as domestic abuse if a form of aggravated assault. According to Model Penal Code Dabney states, “…Aggravated assault occurs
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In order to do so, the researchers used a sample of ninety eight women who had recently contacted a counseling unit voluntarily, aged from seventeen to sixty two, with a socioeconomic status rating from low to high-middle income range (Strube and Barbour, 1983). The violence endured by the victims ranged from moderate abuse, such as punching, kicking, and biting, to life threatening abuse, which included being knifed or shot with a gun (Strube and Barbour, 1983). Through two types of data, objective and subjective measure, demographic measures had been obtained from an intake form, while subjective measures were collected from women’s responses to open ended questions on the intake form. Information on the intake form had been collected from women while they were all still living with their partners (Strube and Barbour, …show more content…
It was also indicated by both objective and subjective measures that the level of commitment women endure for their partner or spouse also has an association to relationship decisions (Strube and Barbour, 1983). Of the other subjective categories measured, only the promise by the partner that he would change was related to subsequent relationship decisions (Strube and Barbour, 1983). According to Strube and Barbour, they
In order to do so, the researchers used a sample of ninety eight women who had recently contacted a counseling unit voluntarily, aged from seventeen to sixty two, with a socioeconomic status rating from low to high-middle income range (Strube and Barbour, 1983). The violence endured by the victims ranged from moderate abuse, such as punching, kicking, and biting, to life threatening abuse, which included being knifed or shot with a gun (Strube and Barbour, 1983). Through two types of data, objective and subjective measure, demographic measures had been obtained from an intake form, while subjective measures were collected from women’s responses to open ended questions on the intake form. Information on the intake form had been collected from women while they were all still living with their partners (Strube and Barbour, …show more content…
It was also indicated by both objective and subjective measures that the level of commitment women endure for their partner or spouse also has an association to relationship decisions (Strube and Barbour, 1983). Of the other subjective categories measured, only the promise by the partner that he would change was related to subsequent relationship decisions (Strube and Barbour, 1983). According to Strube and Barbour, they