Word: gwartney
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Some findings confound expectations. For example, Patricia Gwartney-Gibbs, a sociology professor at the University of Oregon, has found that women are just as likely, if not more likely, to engage in lower-level violence. Many researchers hypothesize that women's acts of aggression are often in self- defense. Yet men, because of their greater strength, inflict more injuries. "When you are talking about severe violence, it's a man's court," says David Sugarman, a professor of psychology at Rhode Island College. Researchers have also discovered that the longer couples stay together, the more probable it is that violence...
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