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CONCLUSION
Current research provides considerable support for differentiating among types of intimate
partner violence, and such differentiations should provide benefits to those required to
make recommendations and decisions about custody and parenting plans, treatment programs,
and legal sanctions. As indicated, there is a need for continuing research on partner
violence that will expand and refine our understanding of these men and women who
engage in violence within the family. Among other things, little is known about the precipitants
of female violence, the types of emotional abuse and violent acts they perpetrate, and
the impact on children’s adjustment, particularly with emotionally abusive, controlling
women who are violent with their nonviolent partners. The significant role of substance
abuse in intimate partner violence has been observed, but not with respect to differentiation
among types of violence. Treatment programs that focus on the causes and contexts of
different types of violence are more likely than one-size-fits-all approaches to address the
major issues underlying the violence and, therefore, to develop recommendations that
achieve more positive results.
NOTE
1. Wingspread Custody and Domestic Violence Conference. Cosponsored by the Association of Family
and Conciliation Courts and the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges. February 15–17, 2007.
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