Erin Pizzey's 62% finding comes from her foundational study, Comparative Study of Battered Women And Violence-Prone Women, which she co-researched with John Gayford.
Key Details of the Finding
• Sample Size: 100 female residents who first entered the Chiswick Women's Aid refuge (the world's first modern domestic violence shelter).
• The 62% ("Violence-Prone"): 62 out of the 100 women (62%) were classified as "violence-prone." Pizzey defined these individuals as the unwilling victims of their own violence-meaning they were equally or more violent than their partners, had a lifelong history of involvement with violence, and admitted or showed evidence of participating in or perpetrating domestic and child-directed violence.
• The 38% ("Genuinely Battered"): The remaining 38 women (38%) were defined as "genuine battered women"-unwilling and innocent victims of their partners' violence without a personal background or questionnaire indicators of their own violent behavior.
• Core Thesis: Pizzey argued that violence-prone individuals (both men and women) often come from abusive, dysfunctional childhoods and become habituated or addicted to high-adrenaline, traumatic cycles rather than acting as purely passive victims.
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