Spouse abuse by black and white offenders in the US Army

Citation
Jh. Newby et al., Spouse abuse by black and white offenders in the US Army, J FAM VIOL, 15(2), 2000, pp. 199-208
Citations number
19
Categorie Soggetti
Psycology
Journal title
JOURNAL OF FAMILY VIOLENCE
ISSN journal
08857482 → ACNP
Volume
15
Issue
2
Year of publication
2000
Pages
199 - 208
Database
ISI
SICI code
0885-7482(200006)15:2<199:SABBAW>2.0.ZU;2-P
Abstract
Black soldiers are overrepresented in the U.S. Army Central Registry of spo use abuse cases. For each year between 1989 and 1997, the number of black o ffendres outnumbers white offenders, while the white population outnumbers the black population. When age-specific rates per 1000 were computed, the r ates for blacks were greater than those for whites in every age group. The highest rates for both races were in the 18- to 21-year age group. Age-spec ific rate ratios between blacks and whites for 1997 ranged from 3.4 for the 18- to 21-year-old group to 1.9 for the 42- to 46-year age group. All of t he rate ratios except the one for the 42 to 46-year age group were statisti cally significant. Socioeconomic status (SES) is an unlikely explanation fo r these findings as SES was reasonably controlled Culturally specific longi tudinal studies are needed to clarify the reasons for differences in black and white spouse abuse incidents.