In cases of domestic violence, there are two major positions about responsibility and domestic violence which influence treatment options:
1. both parties are equally responsible for the violence (conjoint or couples therapy)
2. the perpetrator is unilaterally responsible for the violence (intimate justice theory and education)
Take a position and defend the appropriateness of each approach, including the necessary conditions for selecting each one. The position I will take on this is that the perpetrator is solely responsible. My defense to this approach is that the woman… View the full answer
