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The Wifebeater's WifeA Study of Family Interaction
JOHN E. SNELL, MD;
RICHARD J. ROSENWALD, MD;
AMES ROBEY, MD
Arch Gen Psychiatry. 1964;11(2):107-112.
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When a man beats his wife, why does she take him to court? This question appears to answer itself, but our experience with the wives of wifebeaters in a court psychiatric clinic has led us to believe that this decision to seek legal assistance is not a simple reaction but rather a result of complex familial interaction. This paper will share some of our observations from our work with these women and will suggest some explanations for what we have seen.
Our experience with wifebeaters' wives was gained in one of the psychiatric clinics which have been established under the Massachusetts Division of Legal Medicine to serve various district courts of the Commonwealth. The court to which our clinic is attached is in Framingham and serves a predominantly middle-class suburban area. In the five years of the clinic's operation (1957-1962) 37 men charged by their
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Author Affiliations
FRAMINGHAM, MASS
Assistant Professor (Dr. Snell), Department of Psychiatry, Emory University, formerly Staff Psychiatrist, Framingham Court Clinic, Framingham, Mass; Director (Dr. Rosenwald). Framingham Court Clinic; Medical Director, Bridgewater State Hospital, Bridgewater, Mass (Dr. Robey), Chelsea Court Clinic Chelsea, Mass, formerly Staff Psychiatrist, Framingham Court Clinic.
Footnotes
Submitted for publication March 27, 1964.
Read before the meeting of the Massachusetts Chapter, Association for the Psychiatric Treatment of Offenders, Framingham, Mass, March 1, 1963.
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