PSY 3102 Lecture 12: Violence and Abuse

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 3102
• Professor: Yaroslav Konar

Document Summary

Mel gibson and wife; bill cosby et al. The home is where most violence and abuse occurs. 4% of canadians (342000 women and 418000 men) reported spousal abuse of 2014: compare to 7% of canadians in 2004. Women are more likely to experience extreme violence against them: situations are most dire among aboriginal-canadians (9% in 2014 vs. 10% in 2004) Neglect, verbal put-downs, intense criticism, intimidation, restraint of activities and freedoms, denial of access to resources: can be directed at children, elderly (but partners are the most common) Perpetrated primarily by men (97% of husbands, 3% of wives: used to control spouse. Violent resistance by women (96% of wives, 4% of husbands: used to defend self and not for control; usually the result of intimate terrorism. The cts2 was designed to measure how people respond to con ict: hence, it may not cover situations that exist where con ict initiation is not needed, such as intimate terrorism.