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A Proposal for an E-mail Based Study Designed to Quantify the Relationship Between Domestic Abuse and Alcohol

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Introduction Domestic violence is one of the most disturbing social issues of our time. There appears to be a very  real link between domestic violence and alcohol. This link, however, is a complex one and one justifying additional research. Over ninety percent of domestic abuse cases involve men  abusing women (Kircher, 1996). In 1992 the American Medical Association reported that one in three women, a total of four million in a year, would be assaulted by  a domestic partner at some point within her lifetime (Smolowe, 1994). This is in excess of the number of automobile injuries, muggings, and rapes combined (Stucker, 1994). Additional  reports indicate that six out of ten murders of women were perpetrated by someone the woman knew, fifty percent of these were by a spouse or another individual with whom  the woman had been intimate (Smolowe, 1994). OFarrell, Van Hutton, and Murphy (1999) report that, of every six couples in the U.S., one will experience domestic violence  every year. The thesis could consequently be presented that: The excessive use of alcohol  by the male member of domestic couples could be expected to place a couple at greater risk for experiencing domestic violence.  Considerable need exist for a more precise definition of the relationship which exists between domestic violence and the consumption of alcohol. The purpose  of this paper will be to present a review of the literature relevant to that relation and to present appropriate methodology for additional research.