Carefully organized and tightly edited, this insightful book considers potential causes of men's violence against women, utilizing a variety of theoretical perspectives. It summarizes what is known about the multiple causes of men's violence against women and the importance of identifying men's risk factors in order to prevent future violence.

The editors' approach is unique but systematic. In chapter 2, the editors present a preliminary multivariate model that explains men's violence against women by identifying four content areas: macrosocietal, biological, gender role socialization, and relation factors. Within these four areas, the editors develop thirteen preliminary hypotheses about the causes of men's violence against women. In the subsequent chapters the contributing authors critique or react to specific parts of the multivariate model and address one or more of the 13 hypotheses in the presentation of their own ideas about the causes of men's violence against women. In the concluding chapter, the editors summarize the contributors' reactions to the original hypotheses by creating a revised multivariate model of risk factors for men's violence against women. The final model includes biological, socialization, psychological, psychosocial, relational, and macrosocietal factors. Furthermore, the model is explained through 13 theoretical propositions, 40 research hypotheses, and over 60 risk variables related to men's violence against women. The book closes with a discussion of men's protective, resiliency, and vulnerability factors as well as future directions for theory development, advocacy, and the prevention of violence against women.

About the Author
James M. O'Neil, Ph.D. is Professor of Educational Psychology and Family Studies Psychology at the University of Connecticut and a licensed psychologist in private practice in South Windsor, Connecticut. In 1975, he received his doctorate from the Department of Counseling and Personnel Services at the University of Maryland. He is a fellow of the American Psychological Association in Divisions 17, 35, 43, 51, 52, 56. He is one of the founding members of the Society for the Psychological Study of Men and Masculinity (SPSMM), Division 51 of the American Psychological Association. SPSMM named him Researcher of the Year in 1997 for his 20-year research program on men's gender role conflict. His research programs relate to men and masculinity, gender role conflict, psychology of men and women, forgiveness, violence, and victimization. He is the author of the Gender Role Conflict Scale, a widely used measure of men's conflict with their gender roles. His last book (with Michele Harway) was What Causes Men's Violence Against Women? (Sage, 1999). In 1991, he was awarded a Fulbright Teaching Scholarship by the Council for International Exchange of Scholars, to lecture in the former Soviet Union. He lectured at Moscow State Pedagogical University from February through April, 1992, on such topics as psychological counseling, psychology of gender roles, and victimization. In 1995, he was awarded Teaching Fellow status by the University of Connecticut for his outstanding excellence and dedication to the university teaching profession. In 2008, he received the Distinguished Professional Service Award from the Society for the Psychological Study of Men and Masculinity of APA for his significant contributions at the local, state, and national levels in promoting men's well-being. His summary of over 200 empirical studies on men's gender role conflict (O'Neil, 2008) resulted in being awarded The 2009 Counseling Psychologist Outstanding Contribution Award from Division 17 (Counseling Psychology). In the same year he was inducted into Athletic Hall of Fame of Marathon Central School Hall in a ceremony in his hometown of Marathon, New York.


Book Information
ISBN 9780761906193
Author Michele Harway
Format Paperback
Page Count 312
Imprint SAGE Publications Inc
Publisher SAGE Publications Inc
Weight(grams) 420g