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2/17/2017 Unders*xlrig Domestic Abusers: Gender and irfimate Partner Violence - Gender and domestic abuse - NYS OPDV <br />100. Instructions to people completing the CTS contextualize the questions as follows: "No <br />matter how well a couple gets along, there are times when they disagree, get annoyed with <br />the other person, or just have spats or fights because they're in a bad mood or tired or for <br />some other reason .... I'm going to read some things that you and your... partner ...might do <br />when you have an argument. l would like you to tell me how many times ... in the past 12 <br />months ... you have... <br />Straus, M.A. (1990b). The Conflict Tactics Scales and its critics: An <br />evaluation and new data on validity and reliability, in M.A. Straus & R.J. Gelles (Eds.), <br />Physical Violence in American Families: Risk Factors and Adaptations to Violence in 8,145 <br />Families, New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction Publishers, p. 33. <br />101. The rates of violence identified in crime victimization research may be artificially low, <br />however; because 1) it may miss non -criminal abuse; 2) if the abuser is present during <br />phone interviews of victims, their ability to speak freely is decreased; and 3) surveys <br />include elderly subjects, whose rate of domestic violence is substantially lower than other <br />age groups. <br />102. Kimmel (2001). <br />103. For detailed critiques of the CTS, see Belknap & Melton (2005); Dasgupta (2001); <br />Dekeseredy & Schwartz (1998). Measuring the extent of woman abuse in intimate <br />heterosexual relationships: A critique of the Conflict Tactics Scales: and Kimmel (2001). <br />104. Straus, M.A. (2007). Conflict Tactics Scales, in N.A. Jackson (Ed.) Encyclopedia of Domestic <br />Violence, New York: Routledge: Taylor & Francis Group, 190 —197, responds to some of <br />these critiques. <br />105. Kimmel (2001). <br />Office for the Prevention of Domestic Violence <br />Help <br />Accessibility Contact Us <br />Copyright© 2016 <br />FAQs <br />Glossary <br />Printing Help <br />Using This Site <br />About <br />From the Executive Director <br />About OPDV <br />Publications <br />Articles, Reports and References <br />Disclaimer <br />Freedom of Information Law (FOIL) <br />NYS Hotline numbers and services by County <br />Privacy Policy <br />Mission and vision <br />News <br />Training and Presentations <br />httpJ&,ww.opakrygDv/professionals/abuserstgenderarttipvhtmi 26 617 <br />