Graduate Research Papers
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Abstract
Violence against women by men is not a new problem. Certain cultures have encouraged it; others have regulated it. English common law, after which American laws are patterned, gave husbands the right to chastise their wives. The ''rule of thumb" referred to the right of a husband to beat his wife with a stick "no thicker than his thumb" (Martin, 1983, p.46). Most states adopted this policy, acknowledging wife beating as acceptable, up to a point. This attitude was best summed up by an old North Carolina court ruling that stated, "unless some permanent injury be inflicted or there be an excess of violence ... the law will not invade the domestic forum and go behind the curtain". (Gellen, Hoffman, Jones & Stone, 1984, p. 601).
Year of Submission
1989
Degree Name
Master of Arts
Department
Department of Educational Administration and Counseling
First Advisor
Robert T. Lembke
Date Original
1989
Object Description
1 PDF file (20 leaves)
Copyright
©1989 Dorothy A. Turner
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Turner, Dorothy A., "Counseling battered women" (1989). Graduate Research Papers. 3430.
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/grp/3430
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