Dixon Louise, Hamilton-Giachritsis Catherine, Browne Kevin
Centre for Forensic and Family Psychology, University of Birmingham, UK.
J Interpers Violence. 2008 Jan;23(1):74-93. doi: 10.1177/0886260507307652.
The heterogeneity of domestic violent men has long been established. However, research has failed to examine this phenomenon among men committing the most severe form of domestic violence. This study aims to use a multidimensional approach to empirically construct a classification system of men who are incarcerated for the murder of their female partner based on the Holtzworth-Munroe and Stuart (1994) typology. Ninety men who had been convicted and imprisoned for the murder of their female partner or spouse in England were identified from two prison samples. A content dictionary defining offense and offender characteristics associated with two dimensions of psychopathology and criminality was developed. These variables were extracted from institutional records via content analysis and analyzed for thematic structure using multidimensional scaling procedures. The resultant framework classified 80% (n = 72) of the sample into three subgroups of men characterized by (a) low criminality/low psychopathology (15%), (b) moderate-high criminality/ high psychopathology (36%), and (c) high criminality/low-moderate psychopathology (49%). The latter two groups are akin to Holtzworth-Munroe and Stuart's (1994) generally violent/antisocial and dysphoric/borderline offender, respectively. The implications for intervention, developing consensus in research methodology across the field, and examining typologies of domestic violent men prospectively are discussed.
长期以来，家庭暴力男性群体的异质性已得到确认。然而，研究未能在实施最严重形式家庭暴力的男性中考察这一现象。本研究旨在采用多维方法，基于霍茨沃思 - 门罗和斯图尔特（1994年）的类型学，实证构建一个因谋杀女性伴侣而被监禁的男性分类系统。从两个监狱样本中识别出90名在英格兰因谋杀女性伴侣或配偶而被定罪并监禁的男性。开发了一个内容词典，用于定义与精神病理学和犯罪行为两个维度相关的犯罪及罪犯特征。这些变量通过内容分析从机构记录中提取，并使用多维标度程序分析其主题结构。最终框架将80%（n = 72）的样本分为三个亚组，其特征分别为：（a）低犯罪率/低精神病理学（15%），（b）中度 - 高犯罪率/高精神病理学（36%），以及（c）高犯罪率/低 - 中度精神病理学（49%）。后两组分别类似于霍茨沃思 - 门罗和斯图尔特（1994年）的一般暴力/反社会型和烦躁/边缘型罪犯。本文还讨论了干预的意义、在整个领域的研究方法上达成共识以及前瞻性地研究家庭暴力男性的类型。
