Less than ideal victims: Understanding barriers to Queer men’s recognition of male-perpetrated intimate partner violence through Christie’s ‘Ideal Victim’ framework

Queer men who experience Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) from male romantic partners have long struggled to recognise that they are being abused or to identify themselves as victims. I argue that Nils Christie’s framework of the Ideal Victim can help us to understand the cultural and social dynamics...

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Main Author: McAulay, Joseph Patrick (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2024
In: International review of victimology
Year: 2024, Volume: 30, Issue: 2, Pages: 282-297
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