Discussion Post
Read chapter 9 in the Barnett et al. Textbook
• What are your attitudes toward MFIPV perpetrators? Are your beliefs and attitudes similar to those held by the public at large?
• Do you believe that batterers want to stop their battering? Explain your response and cite to the course materials.
• Discuss your thoughts on why some couples can quarrel and resolve an issue while another couple can quarrel and it results in physical abuse.
• What types of behaviors typify psychological/emotional MFIPV? Do you think it would harm you more to be slightly pushed a couple of times a week or to be humiliated or degraded once or twice a week?
You can also read Tutty, L. M., Bidgood, B.A., Rother, M.A., & Bidgood P. (2001). An evaluation of men's batterer treatment groups. Research on SocialWork Practice, 11(6), 645-670.
You can read Buchbinder, E., Eisikovits, Z.(2008). Doing treatment: Batterers' experience of intervention. Children and Youth Services Review, 30, 616-630.
The response must include a reference list. Using one-inch margins, double-space, Times New Roman 12 pnt font and APA style of writing and citations.