Partner Violence

Zeev Winstok, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Social Welfare & Health Sciences and a Research Fellow at the Center for the Study of Society, at the University of Haifa, Israel. His research focuses on a wide range of family violence, including partner violence, children’s exposure to interparental violence and parents’ use of violence against their children. During the past decade, Professor Winstok won prestigious research grants, including a grant for a longitudinal study of the escalation of conflicts to violence among partners from the Israel Scientific Foundation, published dozens of articles in refereed journals in his field, such as Interpersonal Violence, Violence Against Women, and Aggressive Behavior and presented his work at numerous international conferences in his field.

• Preface.- Gender Differences in Aggressive Tendencies.- Dominance and Control.- Partner Violence as a Rational Choice.- Partner Violence as Planned Behavior.- The Process Leading to Partner Violence.- Partner Conflict Dynamics Throughout Relationship Periods.- Partner Conflict Dynamics.- Observation Units of Partner Violence.- Gender Differences in Escalatory Intentions.- Observations about the Third Paradigm.

From the reviews: "This book examines partner violence, especially in terms of escalatory partner conflict, a new paradigm that covers both gender-related and non gender-related violence issues. ... The book successfully presents a new paradigm to help understand domestic violence, adding to the traditional paradigms citing male power dynamics and that both genders can use violence and be victims. This will be an invaluable addition to the library of those who address domestic violence, for clinicians, researchers, and those involved in public policy." (Gary B. Kaniuk, Doody's Book Reviews, March, 2013)