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This carefully organized and edited book considers potential causes of men's
violence against women utilizing a variety of theoretical perspectives. There
is an increasing need for multivariate models that explain the complexity of
men's risks for violence against women. The book responds to this need by
summarizing what is known about the multiple causes of men's violence against
women and the importance of identifying men's risk factors to prevent future
violence.
The editors' approach to the book is unique and follows a systematic process.
In chapter 2, the editors present a preliminary multivariate model that
explains men's violence against women. The model identifies four content areas
explaining men's violence against women including the macrosocietal,
biological, gender role socialization, and relational factors. Within these
four content areas, the editors develop thirteen preliminary hypotheses about
the causes of men's violence against women. Each contributor to the book
either critique or react to specific parts of the multivariate model in their
chapter. The chapter authors address one or more of the 13 hypotheses in the
development of their ideas about what causes men's violence against women.
Through this process, each chapter represents new hypotheses and ideas about
the causes of men's violence against women.
In the final chapter, the editors summarize the contibutors reactions to the
original hypotheses by creating a revised multivariate model of risk factors
of men's violence against women. The revised model includes biological,
socialization, psychological, psychosocial, relational, and macrosocietal
factors. Furthermore, the revised multivariate model is explained through
thirteen theoretical propositions, forty research hypotheses, and over sixty
risk variables related to men's violence against women that can be tested
through research. The book closes with a discussion of men's protective,
resiliency, and vulnerability factors as well as future directions for theory
development, advocacy, and the prevention of violence against women.
The complete Table of
Contents for the book, What Causes Men's Violence Against Women, can be found
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What Causes Men's Violence Against Women?