JANET BLOOMFIELD: US National Survey: more men than women victims of intimate partner violence.

The [CDC National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey] distinguishes between physical violence (use of force) and expressive aggression (name calling), yet still finds that men are victims more often than women.

Interestingly enough, the police officers who dealt with IPV [intimate partner violence] appear to understand that women are aggressors more often than not, but were reluctant to do anything about it. Men were only slightly more likely to be arrested than women (33.3% vs. 26.5%) and the police identified the women as aggressors 54.9% of the time, and yet:

 In 41.5 percent of the cases where men called the police, the police asked if he wanted his partner arrested; in 21 percent the police refused to arrest the partner, and in 38.7 percent the police said there was nothing they could do and left. . . .

The best source of help for men were friends, neighbors, relatives, lawyers and ministers.  The least helpful sources:  programs aimed at IPV.

Earlier: Domestic violence statistics: A round-up.

Related: Unprecedented Domestic Violence Study Affirms Need to Recognize Male Victims.