The Routledge Handbook of Men's Victimisation in Intimate Relationships

This handbook provides a timely synthesis of the international literature that investigates men's experiences of intimate partner violence and help seeking behavior, and considers what the findings mean for research, practice, and policy.

Louise Dixon is a full professor and the Pro Vice-Chancellor of Education at Glasgow Caledonian University in Scotland and a Registered Forensic Psychologist with the UK Health and Care Professions Council. Louise's research has centered on the prevention of interpersonal aggression, including a particular focus on intimate partner violence and under-researched groups, with a view to developing effective assessment, intervention programs, and policy. Denise A. Hines is a full professor in the Department of Social Work at George Mason University in Virginia, USA. Her research focuses largely on men as victims of women's intimate partner violence, with a goal of understanding their relationship experiences, barriers to help-seeking, help-seeking experiences, and physical and mental health. She also has research interests in violence within LGBTQ+ relationships, and the prevention, intervention, and policy implications of research on these under-recognized victims of partner violence. Emily M. Douglas is a full professor in the Department of Social Work and Child Advocacy at Montclair State University in New Jersey, USA. Her research focuses on child and family well-being, with a focus on partner violence, child maltreatment, parenting, and divorced/disrupted families. She is especially interested in the research-to-policy pipeline and how our human service systems meet the needs of children and families

00.Foreword. 0.Preface. PART 1.CONTEXT. 1.The evolution of research into intimate partner violence and the impact on men. 2.The rates of intimate partner violence on men. 3.Bidirectional violence: When intimate partner violence doesn't fit the gender-constrained, criminal justice victim/perpetrator paradigm. 4.Applying ambivalent sexism theory to intimate partner violence by linking gender, power, and sexism. 5.Engaging men in research on partner violence victimisation: A sensitive topic and a hard-to-reach population. PART 2.ABUSE AND HELP SEEKING EXPERIENCES AMONG HETEROSEXUAL MEN IN AN INTERNATIONAL CONTEXT. 6.The abuse experiences of heterosexual men in intimate relationships: A review of international research findings, Part 1: Western, English-speaking countries. 7.The abuse experiences of heterosexual men in intimate relationships: A review of international research findings, Part 2: Non-English-speaking European, Asian, African, Latin American, and Caribbean Nations. 8.The disclosure and help-seeking experiences of men in intimate relationships: A review of international research findings. 9.Men's intimate partner violence experiences in the Australian context. 10.Men's victimization from women partners and their help seeking: An example from Uganda. 11.Embracing a stigma-free society for Chinese male survivors of intimate partner violence: A perspective informed by hegemonic masculinity theory. 12.'It's deemed unmanly': The undiscussed tragedy of men as victims of intimate partner violence in Trinidad and Tobago. 13.Fathers' experiences of intimate partner violence post-separation. PART 3.VICTIMIZATION AND HELP SEEKING AMONG MINORITY GROUPS OF MEN. 14.Intimate partner violence and help-seeking among sexual and gender minority men: A review of international research findings. 15.Intimate partner violence among sexual minority men: The role of sexuality-related stigma and discrimination. 16.The abuse and help-seeking experiences of trans men who are victimized in intimate relationships. 17.Older men's experiences of intimate partner violence and abuse. PART 4.IMPLICATIONS FOR POLICY, PRACTICE, AND PROFESSIONAL GROUPS. 18.The need for research-informed policy and practice: Lessons from the United States. 19.Promoting the early identification of men's victimization: A healthcare perspective. 20.How male victims experience the criminal justice system and implications for practice and policy. 21.Treating men who have experienced intimate partner violence and abuse by women. 22.Systems-informed group interventions: Treating court mandated men involved in relationships characterized by bi-directional aggression. 23.Transgender survivors in a "violence against women" world.