In today’s society there is a problem with people abusing alcohol and engaging in intimate partner violence. Intimate Partner Violence (IPV), also called Domestic Violence, includes mental, physical, sexual, social and economic abuse (Krieger, 2008). Domestic Violence is considered an old term because the abuse and violence no longer has to take place amongst partners that live within the same household (Krieger, 2008). In addition, the term “intimate partner” refers to a current or former spouse or cohabitant, dating couples, and those engaging in a relationship (Krieger, 2008). In IPV, there is an abusive relationship in which the committer desires to have complete control and power over their victim (Krieger, 2008).
IPV affects men, …show more content…
Gottfredson and Hirschi proposed that self-control is developed early in life. Gottfredson and Hirschi’s self-control theory explains that alcohol consumption and its negative outcomes are a result of a common factor, low self-control (Costello, Anderson & Stein, 2014). As a result, low self-control suggests that a variety of daring behavior and negative outcomes can be a primary level of self-control (Costello, Anderson & Stein, 2014). The correlation between alcohol abuse and intimate partner violence is that, when a partner consumes too much alcohol, their self-control is low. Nonetheless, when one engages in intimate partner violence, it is all about control and power. So when a partner loses that control and power over their spouse, or partner, or cohabitant, they are striving to reach the control they had lost, the outcome of it, intimate partner …show more content…
Research has found that when a wife sustains abuse from a partner, it is about control and power, and in another gender-based research about alcohol, studies found that when males abuse alcohol it makes them feel “manly,” or it compensates for the insecurities (Gandolf, 1995).
Therefore, there is not just one factor to explain why people engage in intimate partner violence, but alcohol on more than one occasion has been linked to violent crimes, it has contributed to one-half to two-thirds of homicides, one-fourth of rapes, and one-fourth to one-half of serious attacks (Gandolf, 1995). Research has found that over 20% of males and 10% of females consume alcohol before engaging in IPV, over half of IPV victims have claimed that their partner had been drinking, and women’s partners who engage in alcohol consumption are more likely to assault them (Klostermann & Fals-Stewart,
IPV affects men, …show more content…
Gottfredson and Hirschi proposed that self-control is developed early in life. Gottfredson and Hirschi’s self-control theory explains that alcohol consumption and its negative outcomes are a result of a common factor, low self-control (Costello, Anderson & Stein, 2014). As a result, low self-control suggests that a variety of daring behavior and negative outcomes can be a primary level of self-control (Costello, Anderson & Stein, 2014). The correlation between alcohol abuse and intimate partner violence is that, when a partner consumes too much alcohol, their self-control is low. Nonetheless, when one engages in intimate partner violence, it is all about control and power. So when a partner loses that control and power over their spouse, or partner, or cohabitant, they are striving to reach the control they had lost, the outcome of it, intimate partner …show more content…
Research has found that when a wife sustains abuse from a partner, it is about control and power, and in another gender-based research about alcohol, studies found that when males abuse alcohol it makes them feel “manly,” or it compensates for the insecurities (Gandolf, 1995).
Therefore, there is not just one factor to explain why people engage in intimate partner violence, but alcohol on more than one occasion has been linked to violent crimes, it has contributed to one-half to two-thirds of homicides, one-fourth of rapes, and one-fourth to one-half of serious attacks (Gandolf, 1995). Research has found that over 20% of males and 10% of females consume alcohol before engaging in IPV, over half of IPV victims have claimed that their partner had been drinking, and women’s partners who engage in alcohol consumption are more likely to assault them (Klostermann & Fals-Stewart,