Partner Abuse Vol 15 Issue 2

Partner Abuse

Edited by:
John Hamel, Ph.D., LCSW
Editorial board
ISSN (print): 
1946-6560
ISSN (online): 
1946-6579
Included in: Web of Science (ESCI), SCOPUS, PsycINFO, PubMed

Partner Abuse, a peer-reviewed quarterly, recognizes that physical and emotional abuse among dating, cohabitating and married partners is a major public health and social problem in North America and around the world. Its purpose is to advance knowledge, practice and policies through a commitment to rigorous, objective research and evidence-based solutions. In addition to original research papers and literature reviews, the journal welcomes viewpoints and commentaries on the topic of partner abuse, as well as clinical case studies, book reviews and letters to the editor.

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Manuscript Submission

Manuscripts for publication in the journal should be submitted online.

Contributions are sought primarily from academic researchers, batterer intervention providers, and other clinicians and victim advocates; and also from individuals in law enforcement and the courts, and policy makers. To ensure that the editorial board is able to review your manuscript, please follow the guidelines listed in the Author Resources.

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Partner Abuse, a peer-reviewed journal, recognizes that physical and emotional abuse among dating, cohabitating and married partners is a major public health and social problem in North America and around the world. Its purpose is to advance knowledge, practice and policies through a commitment to rigorous, objective research and evidence-based solutions.

In addition to original research papers and literature reviews, the journal welcomes viewpoints and commentaries on the topic of partner abuse, as well as clinical case studies, book reviews and letters to the editor. Articles are sought on the following topics:

  • Prevalence and characteristics of partner abuse

  • Partner abuse context and dynamics

  • Emotional abuse and control (including stalking and sexual coercion)

  • Etiology and risk factors

  • Partner abuse and substance abuse

  • Partner abuse worldwide

  • Partner abuse in ethnic minority populations

  • Partner abuse in the LGBT community

  • Physical and psychological impact of PA and victim issues

  • The effects of partner abuse on children (short term, and long term into adolescence and adulthood)

  • The relationship between partner abuse and other forms of family abuse

  • Partner abuse in disputed child custody cases

  • Assessment tools and protocols

  • BIPs: Characteristics, processes and outcome studies

  • Working with female perpetrators

  • Individual, couples and family interventions

  • Restorative justice and other community-based models

  • Victim services

  • Prevention Programs

  • Laws and policies related to partner abuse, including standards for batterer intervention and policies on arrest and prosecution

Aims and Scope

Partner Abuse seeks to advance research, treatment and policy on partner abuse in new directions. A basic premise of the journal is that partner abuse and family violence is a human problem, and that the particular role of gender in the etiology, perpetration and consequences of emotional and physical partner abuse cannot be assumed, but rather must be subjected to the same empirical scrutiny as any other factor.

Just as treatment decisions ought to be based on sound assessment protocols, policies on partner abuse ought to be based on an understanding of the full range of available research, without regard to political considerations. The journal is therefore open to original research papers and articles on controversial subjects such as mutual abuse, family violence, female perpetrators, male victims, alternative types of batterer intervention programs, couples and family counseling, and the limitations of current arrest and prosecution policies such as mandatory arrest and one-size-fits-all" mandated batterer treatment. Contributions are also sought on partner abuse within the LGBT community and among ethnic minority groups.

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EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

 John Hamel, Ph.D., LCSW
 

ASSOCIATE EDITORS

Esteban Eugenio Esquivel Santoveña, B.A., PhD 
Instituto de Ciencias Sociales y Administración
Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez
Mexico

Louise Dixon, PhD
Victoria University of Wellington
Wellington, New Zealand
 

EDITORIAL BOARD

Julia Babcock, PhD
Department of Psychology
University of Houston
USA

Elizabeth Bates, PhD
University of Cumbria
Senior Lecturer in Psychology
Department of Health, Psychology and Social Studies
UK

Meagan J. Brem, PhD
Department of Psychology
Virginia Tech
USA

Fred Buttell, PhD
School of Social Work
Tulane University
USA

Clare Cannon, Ph.D.
Department of Human Ecology
University of California, Davis
USA

Arthur Cantos, PhD
Director of Clinical Training
Department of Psychological Science
University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
USA

Deborah Capaldi, PhD
Senior Research Scientist
Oregon Social Learning Center
Eugene, OR
USA

Michelle Carney, PhD
School of Social Work
University of Georgia
USA

Michelle Cascardi, PhD
Professor
Department of Psychology
William Paterson University
Wayne, New Jersey
USA

Ken Corvo, PhD
College of Human Ecology
Syracuse University
USA

Allison Crowe, Ph.D.
Department of Interdisciplinary Professions
East Carolina University
USA

Carol B. Cunradi, MPH, PhD
Senior Research Scientist
Prevention Research Center
Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation
Berkeley, CA 
USA

Patrick Davies, PhD
Department of Psychology
University of Rochester
Rochester, NY
USA

Fiona Dempsey, PhD
Evidence and Evaluation Team
Accident Compensation Corporation
Wellington
New Zealand

Sarah Desmarais, PhD
Department of Psychology
North Carolina State University
USA

David DiLillo, PhD
Department of Psychology
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
USA

Emily Douglas, PhD
Associate Professor
School of Social Work
Bridgewater State College
Bridgewater, MA
USA

Don Dutton, PhD
Department of Psychology
University of British Columbia
Canada

Leila Dutton, PhD
Professor
University of New Haven
Criminal Justice Department
Henry C. Lee College of Criminal Justice and Forensic Sciences

Christopher I. Eckhardt, PhD
Professor and Director of Clinical Training
Department of Psychological Sciences
Purdue University
West Lafayette, IN
USA

Miriam Ehrensaft, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Psychology
John Jay College and Columbia University
College of Physicians and Surgeons
USA

JoAnna Elmquist, MA
Medical University of South Carolina 
Charleston, SC
USA

Jeffrey Fagan, PhD
Professor of Law
Center for Crime, Community & Law
Columbia University
USA

Peter R. Fawson, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Social Work
Appalachian State University
Boone, NC
USA

Alan Feingold, Ph.D.
Senior Research Scientist
Oregon Social Learning Center
Eugene, OR
USA

Richard Felson, PhD
Professor of Criminology and Sociology
Department of Sociology
The Pennsylvania State University
University Park , PA
USA

Regardt Ferreira, Ph.D.
School of Social Work 
Tulane University
USA

Sonia M. Frias, PhD
Regional Center for Multidisciplinary Research
National Autonomous University of Mexico
Mexico

Richard Gelles, PhD
School of Social Policy and Practice
University of Pennsylvania
University Park , PA
USA

Nicola Graham-Kevan, PhD
School of Psychology
University of Central Lancashire
UK

Leigh Harkins, PhD
Faculty of Social Science and Humanities
Ontario Tech University
Canada

Richard Heyman, PhD
Department of Psychology
State University of New York at Stony Brook
USA

Zoe Hilton, PhD
Associate Professor & Senior Research Scientist
University of Toronto
Canada

Denise Hines, PhD
Department of Social Work
George Mason University
USA

Jana Jasinski, PhD
Professor of Sociology
Vice Provost for Faculty Excellence
University of Central Florida
USA

Tom Kiernan, Bachelor of Arts (Hons) Counseling and Psychotherapy
Dublin Safer Families Service
Ireland

Hyoun Kyoung Kim, Ph.D. 
Department of Child and Family Studies 
College of Human Ecology 
Yonsei University 
South Korea

Jennifer Langhinrichsen-Rohling, PhD
Department of Psychological Services
University of North Carolina at Charlotte
USA

Erika Lawrence, PhD
Department of Psychology
University of Iowa
USA

Peter Lehmann, PhD, LCSW
School of Social Work
University of Texas at Arlington
USA

Penny Leisring, PhD
Professor
Department of Psychology
Quninnipac University
Hamden, CT
USA

Alexandra Lysova, PhD
Department of Criminology
Simon Fraser University
Burnaby, BC
Canada

Cynthia Mathieu, Ph.D.
Professor 
Organizational Behavior
Université du Québec
Trois-Rivières
Canada

Christopher Maxwell, PhD
School of Criminal Justice
Michigan State University
USA

Thomas E. McClure, JD, MS
Department of Politics and Government
Illinois State University
USA

Renee McDonald, PhD
Department of Psychology
Southern Methodist University
USA

Sarah Morton, Ph.D.
Director of the Community Partnership Drugs Programme
School of Social Policy, Social Work and Social Justice
University College Dublin
Ireland

Christopher Murphy, PhD
Department of Psychology
University of Maryland
USA

Tonia Nicholls, PhD
BC Mental Health and Addiction Services
Department of Psychiatry
University of British Columbia
Canada

K. Daniel O'Leary, PhD
Marital Therapy Clinic
State University of New York at Stony Brook
USA

Ronald Potter-Efron, MSW, PhD
Private Practice
Eau Claire, WI
USA

Chiara Sabina, PhD
Women and Gender Studies
University of Delaware
USA

Katie Lee Salis, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Psychiatry
Harvard Medical School
USA

Jessica Salwen-Deremer, Ph.D.
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
USA

Brian G. Sellers, Ph.D.
Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminology
Eastern Michigan University
USA

Stan Shernock, PhD
Professor of Criminal Justice and Director of School of Justice Studies & Sociology
Department of Justice Studies and Sociology
Norwich University
Northfield, VT
USA

Ryan Shorey, PhD
Department of Psychology
Ohio University
USA

Catherine Simmons, PhD
Department of Social Work
University of Memphis
USA

Amy Slep, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology
State University of New York at Stony Brook
USA

Daniel Sonkin, Ph.D.
Private Practice
Sausalito, California
USA

Alicia Spidel, PhD
Kwantlen Polytechnic University
Surrey, BC
Canada

Sandra Stith, Ph.D.
Marriage & Family Therapy Program
Kansas State University
USA

Gregory Stuart, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
USA

David Sugarman, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology
Rhode Island College
USA

Casey Taft, Ph.D.
Boston V.A. Medical Center
Boston University School of Medicine
Boston, MA
USA

Jeffrey Temple, Ph.D.
Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology
University of Texas Medical Branch
USA

Patti A. Timmons Fritz, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Psychology
University of Windsor
Windsor, Ontario
Canada

Arlene Vetere, Ph.D.
Reading Safer Families, Reading
Department of Psychology
Surrey University
UK

Patricia Warford, PsyD
Building Healthy Relationships
Newburg, OR
USA

Carolyn M. West, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology
University of Washington
USA

Daniel J. Whitaker, Ph.D.
Institute of Public Health
Georgia State University
USA

Zeev Winstok, Ph.D.
School of Social Work
University of Haifa
Israel

Amie Zarling, Ph.D.
Department of Human Development and Family Studies
Iowa State University
USA

Diane Zosky, Ph.D.
Interim Dean
School of Social Work
Illinois State University
USA

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