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By Ashley Bressler
Collegian Staff Writer
A CDC study on domestic violence released earlier this month found there was a significantly higher number of intimate partner violence (IPV) cases among minorities.
But some Penn State staff said the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) research is not consistent with their knowledge of domestic violence.
The CDC study found that multiracial, non-Hispanic, American Indian and Alaska Native women reported more cases, defined IPV as a threat, and were victims of physical, sexual or emotional abuse from a former or current partner on at least one occasion.
Michael Johnson, associate professor of sociology, women’s studies and African and African-American studies, said the study’s facts could be misleading.”In my research, I’ve found there’s no difference in intimate terrorism between black and whites. There are more cases of situational couple violence for minorities, which could have just been one incident in one relationship,” Johnson said.
Johnson said the study is not specific to intimate terrorism, which is a situation where one partner uses regular physical or emotional abuse to have complete control over the other. He also said he disagrees with the conclusions the CDC study draws about domestic violence among minority groups.
http://www.collegian.psu.edu/archive/2008/02/18/study_domestic_violence_higher.aspx
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