Research on Domestic Violence

This is a start at listing the research on Domestic Violence.


 * A recent Social Work Monograph by Stewart Palin-Davies, for the University of East Anglia on this issue, presents a fairly up-to-date and refreshingly impartial account of the existence of male victims, although it omits mention of any of the studies by Malcolm George. "Male Victims of Female-Perpetrated Domestic Violence" Monograph 221,  2006, ISBN 1 85784 118 2.  Tel: 01603 592087/592068 Price £8 incl  postage.


 * The UK home office Research Study 191 Domestic Violence was first released in 1999 4.2% of women and 4.2% of men said they had been physically assaulted by a current or former partner in the last year. 4.9% of men and 5.9% of women had experienced physical assault and/or frightening threats. More recent reports: 2008/09 2010/11


 * Dewar Research has produced studies of social policy, particularly with regard to Domestic Violence. Find these here


 * Dewar Research DOMESTIC VIOLENCE Selected media references and sources relating to male victimisation


 * Martin S. Fiebert (California State University) indexes others here


 * Here are some of the stats on DV taken from the Australian Personal Safety Survey 2005. No reason to believe things are any different in the UK: Since the age of 15, there were an estimated 3,065,800 (39.9%) women who experienced violence compared with 3,744,900 (50.1%) men. 29% (2,243,600) of women experienced physical assault compared to 41% (3,031,800) of men. 11% (833,200) of women experienced physical threat compared to 22% (1,675,300) of men. Read More: (It's quite a large file and takes time to download)


 * REFERENCES EXAMINING ASSAULTS BY WOMEN ON THEIR SPOUSES OR MALE PARTNERS: AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY Martin S. Fiebert Department of Psychology California State University, Long Beach. SUMMARY: This bibliography examines 174 scholarly investigations: 138 empirical studies and 36 reviews and/or analyses, which demonstrate that women are as physically aggressive, or more aggressive, than men in their relationships with their spouses or male partners. The aggregate sample size in the reviewed studies exceeds 163,800.


 * The Times: 'Of 24,000 partners who suffered serious wounding with a weapon, 11,000 were men.' In other words, 45.8% were men, and 54.2% were women. DV, far from being overwhelmingly committed by men against women, is in fact fairly evenly split between the sexes.


 * Homicide by a partner, Scotland (1998). Male victim (solved cases), accused partner = 9. Female victim (solved cases), accused partner = 6.


 * Homicide in Scotland 2002. Sex of main accused and main victim in solved homicide cases, 1993-2002. It can be seen that cases where a male is killed by a female are more likely to have a current classification of culpable homicide rather than murder. Male on Male 768. Male on Female 212. Female on Male 92. Female on Female 24. The majority (70 per cent) of solved homicide cases in the decade 1993-2002 involved males killing males.


 * Domestic violence, sexual assault and stalking: Findings from the Crime Survey for England and Wales. Authors: Sylvia Walby & Jonathan Allen. Series: Home Office Research Study 276. Number of pages: 146, Date published: March 2004 Full Report UK home office Research Study 276 (PDF file, 561Kb):  and Crime in England and Wales 2010/11


 * Domestic Violence, Useful Figures


 * Independent. Women are more violent, says study. By Sophie Goodchild, Home Affairs Correspondent. 12 November 2000


 * THE FIST WIVES CLUB. Violence in the home against men soars by 81 per cent as women batter their partners. By Donna White Chief Writer. SCOTLAND has been hit by an alarming rise in domestic violence against men by WOMEN, the Sunday Mail can reveal.


 * U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Administration for Children & Families: Fatalities by Perpetrator Relationship, 2009: Mother only: 27.3%; Father only: 14.8%. Page 64, table 4-6


 * Home Office research study 170: Understanding the sentencing of women (1997) This study explains why women's conviction rates for DV are much lower than those for men.


 * Domestic Violence Against Men by Charles E. Corry, Ph.D. & Erin Pizzey

Newspaper Articles

 * Guardian/Observer Sunday 5 September 2010 More than 40% of domestic violence victims are male