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Record Nr.

UNINA9910462667403321

Autore

Clark Valerie A. <1981->

Titolo

Intimate partner violence among adolescents [[electronic resource] ] : causes and correlates / / Valerie A. Clark

Pubbl/distr/stampa

El Paso, : LFB Scholarly Pub., 2013

ISBN

1-59332-629-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (219 p.)

Collana

Criminal Justice: Recent Scholarship

Disciplina

362.88

Soggetti

Intimate partner violence - United States

Dating violence - United States

Abused teenagers - United States

Teenage girls - Abuse of - United States

Abusive men - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; CHAPTER 1: General Violence and Intimate Partner Violenceamong Adolescents: Similarities and Differences; CHAPTER 2: An Integrated Theoretical Approach to GeneralViolence and Intimate Partner Violence amongAdolescents; CHAPTER 3: An Overview of the National Longitudinal Studyof Adolescent Health; CHAPTER 4: Adolescent Intimate Partner Violence RiskFactors; CHAPTER 5: Behaviors Associated with Adolescent IntimatePartner Violence Victimization; CHAPTER 6: The Causes and Correlates of Mutual and One-Sided Adolescent Intimate Partner Violence

CHAPTER 7: Towards an Integrated Model of GeneralViolence and Intimate Partner ViolenceReferences; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Clark describes the risks and correlates of intimate partner violence (IPV) among adolescents. Using longitudinal data, she finds that the victim-offender overlap that exists in general violence extends to IPV. Also, Michael Johnson's typology of IPV among adults likely exists among adolescents; sometimes IPV is perpetrated by both partners, and sometimes it is perpetrated by only one. Moreover, IPV victimization is not evenly distributed among adolescents, and more



targeted interventions are likely needed to prevent abuse. Clark integrates multiple theories of violence and victimization, incl