Theobald Delphine, Farrington David P, Ttofi Maria M, Crago Rebecca V
Kingston University, London, KT1 2EE, UK.
Institute of Criminology, Cambridge University, Cambridge, CB2 1TN, UK.
Crim Behav Ment Health. 2016 Oct;26(4):229-239. doi: 10.1002/cbm.2017.
Dating violence is an important problem. Evidence suggests that women are more likely to perpetrate dating violence.
The present study investigates the prevalence of dating violence compared with cohabiting violence in a community sample of men and women and assesses to what extent child and adolescent explanatory factors predict this behaviour. A secondary aim is to construct a risk score for dating violence based on the strongest risk factors.
The Cambridge Study in Delinquent Development is a prospective longitudinal survey of 411 men (generation 2) born in the 1950s in an inner London area. Most recently, their sons and daughters [generation 3 (G3)] have been interviewed regarding their perpetration of dating and cohabiting violence, utilising the Conflict Tactics Scale. Risk factors were measured in four domains (family, parental, socio-economic and individual).
A larger proportion of women than men perpetrated at least one act of violence towards their dating partner (36.4 vs 21.7%). There was a similar pattern for cohabiting violence (39.6 vs 21.4%). A number of risk factors were significantly associated with the perpetration of dating violence. For G3 women, these included a convicted father, parental conflict, large family size and poor housing. For G3 men, these included having a young father or mother, separation from the father before age 16, early school leaving, frequent truancy and having a criminal conviction. A risk score for both men and women, based on 10 risk factors, significantly predicted dating violence.
Risk factors from four domains were important in predicting dating violence, but they were different for G3 men and women. It may be important to consider different risk factors and different risk assessments for male compared with female perpetration of dating violence. Early identification and interventions are recommended. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
约会暴力是一个重要问题。有证据表明女性实施约会暴力的可能性更大。
本研究调查了社区中男性和女性样本中约会暴力与同居暴力的发生率，并评估儿童和青少年解释性因素在多大程度上可预测这种行为。第二个目的是根据最强的风险因素构建约会暴力风险评分。
“剑桥青少年犯罪发展研究”是一项对20世纪50年代出生于伦敦市中心地区的411名男性（第二代）进行的前瞻性纵向调查。最近，他们的子女[第三代（G3）]接受了关于他们实施约会暴力和同居暴力情况的访谈，采用的是冲突策略量表。风险因素在四个领域（家庭、父母、社会经济和个人）进行了测量。
实施过至少一次针对约会伴侣暴力行为的女性比例高于男性（36.4%对21.7%）。同居暴力情况也有类似模式（39.6%对21.4%）。一些风险因素与约会暴力的实施显著相关。对于G3女性，这些因素包括父亲有犯罪记录、父母冲突、家庭规模大以及住房条件差。对于G3男性，这些因素包括父母一方年龄小、16岁前与父亲分离、过早辍学、经常逃学以及有犯罪记录。基于10个风险因素的男性和女性风险评分均能显著预测约会暴力。
四个领域中的风险因素在预测约会暴力方面很重要，但G3男性和女性的风险因素不同。对于男性和女性实施约会暴力的情况，考虑不同的风险因素和不同的风险评估可能很重要。建议尽早识别并进行干预。版权所有© 2016约翰·威利父子有限公司。
