children exposed to different kinds of battering

[lisa fontes <lfontes@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

In reviewing battering literature for a piece on children exposed to
marital violence, I notice how some articles identify two types of
batterers/battering--using terms like:
 patriarchal terrorism versus common couple violence (michael Johnson)
or
 calculated (or instrumental) versus impulsive violence

In the literature on children exposed to marital violence, however, I
have not seen anyone exploring this distinction (i.e. do children
exposed to a more calculated--perhaps sadistic and terrorizing--violence
suffer more than children exposed to "common couple violence")?

I'd be interested in corresponding with anyone exploring this issue, or
receiving citations I may have missed. Granted, I'm sure this would not
be an easy area to explore, but it still seems important! tHE kinds of
exposure might differ among these two types of situatuions, too (a
calculating batterer might FORCE the kids to watch and use it as part of
his torture, whereas a more spontaneous batterer might just not notice
if the kids are around, or not care).
Lisa Fontes, Ph.D.
lfontes@javanet.com