Characteristics of domestic violence offenders

Abstract

"On the basis of clinical data and research findings, Brown and Herbert (1999) described characteristic features of spousal violence offenders. Among others features there such ones as low self-esteem, lack of social skills and assertiveness, emotional disorders (anxiety, depression), alcohol abuse, poor self-control, imperiousness, jealousy, lack of empathy and sympathy, material and social problems (unemployment). Barnett et al. (1997), Bennett and Wiliams (1999; after Krahe, 2005), and Wiehe (1998) showed that people doing harm to their female partners are characterized by low self-esteem, a sense of helplessness resulting from thecauses lying outside of a relationship, pathological jealousy, antisocial personality disorders".