Friday, March 30, 2012: 10:20 AM-10:40 AM
Yerba Buena Salon 7 (San Francisco Marriott Marquis)
Presentation Format:
Poster
Learning Objectives:
- understand the nature and severity of violence perpetrated in the presence of children as well as other contextual factors (e.g., use of alcohol or drugs, weapons) that impact children’s experiences.
- understand the implications for assessment and treatment efforts to assist vulnerable children living in violent families.
The purpose of the study was to compare the nature of incidents of intimate partner violence that occurred in the presence of children to incidents that occurred when no children were present. Data were drawn from men in a treatment program for violent offenders. In 53.6% of incidents, men reported that children were present. Findings show that men reported inflicting more physical harm and perceived that the conflict was more serious when the incident occurred in the presence of children.