Michael P. Johnson speaks at Refuge conference
Mon 29 Oct 2012
US academic Michael P. Johnson was interviewed on Radio New Zealand on Sunday morning - listen here. Professor Michael P. Johnson is Emeritus ...
US academic Michael P. Johnson was interviewed on Radio New Zealand on Sunday morning - listen here.
Professor Michael P. Johnson is Emeritus Professor of Sociology, Women’s Studies and African and African American Studies at The Pennsylvania State University. He was in New Zealand to present at the Women's Refuge conference held in Blenheim on 26-27 October.
Michael Johnson argues that there are different types of violence within relationships and that these can be differentiated and should be treated differently. Women's Refuge writes:
"The two main categories are coercive controlling violence and situational couple violence. The first is predominantly male violence against women and includes a pattern of emotionally abusive intimidation, coercion and control coupled with physical violence. This is probably the pattern that comes to mind for most people when they hear terms such as domestic violence, wife beating, battering or spousal abuse. He says that this kind of violence must be considered as a major risk factor for continued or increased violence in a relationship.
Comment on the work on typologies includes the following: