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Dutton, Donald G.; Nicholls, Tonia L.; Spidel, Alicia – Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, 2005
A review is made of female intimate abuse. It is concluded that females are as abusive as males in intimate relationships according to survey and epidemiological studies. This is especially so for younger "cohort" community samples followed longitudinally. Predictors of intimate violence with women appear to be similar to those of men; including…
Descriptors: Personality Problems, Alcohol Abuse, Intimacy, Females

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