Wife Beating

Duration: 27 min.

Year Published: 1976

Creator: Church

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Description: Examines incidents of wife-beating, the crime of assault. Points out that incidents are widespread and know no boundaries of socioeconomic status. Also discusses causes of wife beating., Discusses the centuries-old crime of wife beating which is just now emerging as a serious social problem at all economic levels of society. Presents interviews and group discussions with women who are victims, while material from a lecture is interjected to explain the causes and effects of wife beating on women and their children. Advocates the need for shelters for abused wives and widespread recognition of the problem so that a solution may someday be found.

Complete Record: , Discusses the centuries-old crime of wife beating which is just now emerging as a serious social problem at all economic levels of society. Presents interviews and group discussions with women who are victims, while material from a lecture is interjected to explain the causes and effects of wife beating on women and their children. Advocates the need for shelters for abused wives and widespread recognition of the problem so that a solution may someday be found.NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.