A sociodemographic profile of women involved in violent domestic relationships whose partners were court-referred for intervention

The present study assumed a need for focusing on within-group variation among female victims of domestic violence. This study provided a sociodemographic profile of a newly-identified type of victim of domestic violence. These women have remained with the perpetrator following the domestic violence and have not sought help at shelters or treatment centers. In addition, their husbands/partners are part of a criminal population who have been arrested under warrantless arrest and have been court-adjudicated into treatment. Results of this study indicated a high degree of mutual intuition of verbal conflict as well as a high degree of mutual physical violence. Results of the present study supported the conclusion that it is imperative for researchers and scholars to study and attempt to understand both the victim and perpetrator of domestic violence and their interdependence.