Carmody D C, Williams K R
Department of Sociology and Anthropology, University of New Hampshire, Durham.
Violence Vict. 1987 Spring;2(1):25-38.
Using survey data based on telephone interviews of 1,626 coupled males, this study explores the relationship between perceptions of four possible sanctions for wife assault and involvement in this form of physical aggression. The exploratory analysis addresses the following questions: To what extent do men perceive negative reactions to wife assault as certain and severe? Do nonassaultive men perceive the reactions of others as more certain and severe than men who engage in physically aggressive behavior? Among men who assault their partners, are the perceived certainty and severity of sanctions greater for one-time offenders than for repeat offenders? The relevance of the findings on the deterrent and experimental effects of sanctions are discussed, and suggestions are offered for future studies that apply deterence theory to the phenomenon of assaults taking place between adult partners.
本研究使用基于对1626名已婚男性进行电话访谈的调查数据，探讨了对妻子施暴的四种可能制裁的认知与这种身体攻击行为之间的关系。探索性分析解决了以下问题：男性在多大程度上认为对妻子施暴的负面反应是确定且严重的？未施暴的男性是否比有身体攻击行为的男性认为他人的反应更确定且严重？在殴打伴侣的男性中，初犯者比惯犯者认为制裁的确定性和严厉程度更高吗？讨论了制裁的威慑和实验效果相关研究结果的相关性，并为未来将威慑理论应用于成年伴侣间攻击现象的研究提供了建议。
