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32 Am. J. Crim. L. 291 (2004-2005)
An Evolutionary Perspective on Male Domestic Violence: Practical and Policy Implications

handle is hein.journals/ajcl32 and id is 299 raw text is: An Evolutionary Perspective on Male Domestic Violence: Practical and Policy Implications Molly J. Walker Wilson* Table of Contents I. Introduction ............................................................................................... 292 II. The Evolutionary Perspective .................................................................... 295 A. An Overview ...................................... 295 B. Evolutionists' Clash with Feminism .................................................. 296 C. Why Evolutionary Theory is Useful .................................................. 297 III. Paternity A ssurance ................................................................................... 298 IV . V iolence Towards W om en ........................................................................ 300 A . T he Statistics ..................................................................................... 300 1. N on-fatal A buse .......................................................................... 300 2. Fatal Abuse (U xoricide) .............................................................. 301 B. Historical Roots of Male Proprietariness ........................................... 302 C. Why Men Kill Intimates: An Evolutionary Explanation ........ 303 D. Sexual Jealousy and Violence--Characteristics of the Woman ........ 305 1. A g e .............................................................................................. 3 0 5 2. Being the Mother of Children Not Related to the Male .............. 306 3. Threats to Leave or Actual Departure ......................................... 307 E. Sexual Jealousy and Violence--Characteristics of the Man ............. 309 V . Child A buse and Infanticide ...................................................................... 310 A . G eneral Statistics ............................................................................... 310 B. Evolutionary Explanations for Child Maltreatment: The Stepparent D ilem m a .......................................................................... 311 1. Stepparent Statistics .................................................................... 312 2. Parental Feeling ...................................................................... 313 3. Reproductive Access Theory ....................................................... 314 4. What Happens in Human Stepparent Families ............ 315 VI. How Evolutionary Analysis Can Improve Domestic Abuse Prevention M easures .................................................................................................... 3 16 * Assistant Professor of Law, Saint Louis University School of Law; J.D., University of Virginia School of Law; Ph.D. in Psychology, University of Virginia.