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5 pages in length. The writer discusses the Conflict Tactics Scale (CTS) and the cycle of violence as they relate to family violence. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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be a particularly effective method in which to measure the presence of family violence. Steinmetzs 1977 article that appeared in Victimology started a whirlwind of controversy surrounding the issue
of family violence, inasmuch as the presumption of violence within the family environment had long been place upon the male, while in actuality it was the female who made more
frequent violent contact. Was this due to the fact that she was fending off her violent husband and protecting herself by fighting back? Findings for Steinmetzs article, in
which she claimed that such research indicated a much greater precedence of battered husbands than wives, were based upon the Conflict Tactics Scale (CTS), a method by which researchers could
measure family violence. However, Steinmetz was accused of biased interpretation based upon the methods findings (DeKeseredy, 2002). Contemporary society relies upon the quantitative aspects of CTS as being "the
most common measure of non-sexual family violence and dating abuse in North America" (DeKeseredy, 2002), consisting of no less than eighteen components that serve to measure three specific ways of
addressing interpersonal conflict within the family atmosphere: reasoning, verbal aggression and physical violence. Categorized by least to worst, the process utilizes a non-violent/violent continuum as a means by which
to determine the escalation of conflict. "Although flawed and highly criticized, the representative sample survey data elicited by the CTS are probably the best available to determine the incidence
and prevalence of spousal abuse in the population at large" (DeKeseredy, 2002). II. IS THE CYCLE OF VIOLENCE THEORY AN EXPLANATION OF FAMILY VIOLENCE? The cycle of violence is
one of the most powerful explanations of family violence in todays society. Attitudes, perspective and behavior are all learned by watching others; a child brought up in an abusive
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