Author Question: Research has shown that arrest works to reduce the incidence of repeated wife assault in three ways. ... (Read 111 times)

schs14 · **on:** Jun 18, 2018

Research has shown that arrest works to reduce the incidence of repeated wife assault in three ways. These include all of the following EXCEPT:

a. Arrest acts as a deterrent.
b. Arrest alters the power dynamic between husbands and wives.
c. Arrest prevents batterers from minimizing and rationalizing the abuse.
d. Arrest and incarceration make husbands feel vulnerable to assault, generating empathy with their wives.

Question 2

All of the following statements about the acceptance of spanking are true EXCEPT:

a. a majority of people approve of spanking.
b. younger men are more like to approve of spanking than older men.
c. men are more likely to approve of spanking than women.
d. acceptance of corporal punishment may be declining.