Michael Paul Johnson (Ph.D., University of Michigan) is Emeritus Professor of Sociology, Women’s Studies, and African and African American Studies at Penn State, where he taught sociology and women’s studies for over thirty years and was designated an Alumni Teaching Fellow, Penn State’s highest teaching award. He is an internationally recognized expert on domestic violence, invited to speak at conferences and universities throughout the United States and around the world.
Michael P. Johnson | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Born | Michael Paul Johnson December 20, 1942 |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | University of Michigan |
| Thesis | Power relations and processes of person perception (1974) |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | The Pennsylvania State University |
| Main interests | Domestic violence |
| Notable works | A Typology of Domestic Violence: Intimate Terrorism, Violent Resistance, and Situational Couple Violence |
| Notable ideas | Johnson's Typology |
| Website | https://sites.psu.edu/feministmpj/welcome |
His research focuses on the implications of differentiating among types of violence in intimate relationships, and he has consulted regularly with community organizations and government agencies regarding domestic violence policy and practice. He is widely published in scholarly journals, and his major work on domestic violence is presented in A Typology of Domestic Violence: Intimate Terrorism, Violent Resistance, and Situational Couple Violence (Northeastern University Press, 2008). Although he retired from Penn State in 2005 and from consulting in 2015, he still writes occasionally when opportunity knocks.
Education
editJohnson obtained his BA degree in sociology from Knox College (Galesburg, Illinois) (1965),[1] his MA in sociology from the University of Iowa (1969),[2] and his PhD in sociology from the University of Michigan (1974).[3]
PAIR project
editIn 1981 a long-term study of courtship and marriage of 168 couples was implemented by Ted Huston.[4] The project began at Penn State and was intended to last through the first two and a half years of marriage, but it was extended and extra waves of data were collected. In 1985 the project transferred to the University of Texas at Austin and a follow-up set of interviews with the participants took place in 1991.[5] Johnson has been a collaborator on the PAIR project since its early days, with a particular interest in 'conceptions of commitment'.[6]
Johnson's typology
edit| External videos | |
|---|---|
| Lecture by Michael P. Johnson | |
 Types of Domestic Violence: Research Evidence via YouTube[7] |
Johnson argues that there are four major types of intimate partner violence,[8][9] a finding supported by some[10] but rejected by others.[11] The types of violence identified by Johnson are:[10]
- Situational couple violence
- Intimate terrorism[12]
- Violent resistance
- Mutual violent control: Johnson describes this as a couple who "could be viewed as two intimate terrorists battling for control".
View on feminism
editJohnson describes his definition of feminism as:[13][14]
You're a feminist if you believe that
- (1) men are privileged relative to women,
- (2) that's not right, and
- (3) you're going to do something about it, even if it's only in your personal life.
Personal life
editJohnson is retired and living in the foothills of the Appalachians with his partner Maureen; he also has two children (Jennifer and Bryan) and a grandchild (Michael).[15]
Selected bibliography
editBook
edit- Johnson, Michael P. (2008). A typology of domestic violence: Intimate terrorism, violent resistance, and situational couple violence. Boston Hanover, New Hampshire: Northeastern University Press. ISBN 9781555536947.
Journal articles
edit- Johnson, Michael P. (2023). My reactions to “Johnson’s Typology of Intimate Partner Violence: Reflecting on the First 25 Years and Looking Ahead”. Journal of Family Violence. doi: 10.1007/s10896-023-00595-7.
- Nawaz, Bela and Michael P. Johnson. (May, 2022). Types of domestic violence in Pakistan: Elaborating on Johnson’s typology. Journal of Family Violence (doi: 10.1007/s10896-022- 00420-7.
- Johnson, Michael P. (2017). A personal social history of a typology of intimate partner violence. Journal of Family Theory & Review 9 (June), 150–164. DOI:10.1111/jftr.12187.
- Hardesty, Jennifer L., Kimberly A. Crossman, Megan L. Haselschwerdt, Marcela Raffaelli, Brian G. Ogolsky, and Michael P. Johnson. (2015). Toward a standard approach to operationalizing coercive control and classifying violence types. Journal of Marriage and Family 77 (August), 833-843.
- Johnson, Michael P., Janel M. Leone, & Yili Xu. (2014) Intimate terrorism and situational couple violence in general surveys: Ex-spouses required. Violence Against Women 20 (February), 186-207.
- Johnson, Michael P. (2011). Gender and types of intimate partner violence: A response to an anti-feminist literature review. Aggression and Violent Behavior 16 (July/August), 289-296.
References
edit- ^ Johnson, Michael P. (August 2015). "Michael P. Johnson". psu.edu. Pennsylvania State University. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
- ^ Johnson, Michael P. (1969). Courtship and commitment: a study of cohabitation on a university campus (MA thesis). University of Iowa. OCLC 64678496.
- ^ Johnson, Michael P. (1974). Power relations and processes of person perception (PhD thesis). University of Michigan. OCLC 68283273.
- ^ "Welcome to the PAIR project". utexas.edu. University of Texas at Austin. Archived from the original on 29 October 2004. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
- ^ "A biographical sketch of the PAIR project". utexas.edu. University of Texas at Austin. Archived from the original on 24 October 2004. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
- ^ Johnson, Michael P. "Michael P. Johnson". utexas.edu. University of Texas at Austin. Archived from the original on 23 October 2004. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
- ^ Terje Knutheim (konferanseleder/conference leader) and Michael P. Johnson (speaker) (September 2012). Types of Domestic Violence: Research Evidence (Video). Norway: forebygging.no via YouTube. Retrieved 10 January 2016. 1:09:09 Presented at Third Nordic Conference on Barnet og Rusen. Sandefjord, Norway.
- ^ "Johnson's IPV Typology". intimatepartnerviolence.150m.com. Intimate Partner Violence ...toward a fuller understanding of male and homosexual victims. Archived from the original on 1 February 2016. Retrieved 15 June 2019.
- ^ Johnson, Michael P. (November 2006). "Conflict and control: gender symmetry and asymmetry in domestic violence". Violence Against Women. 12 (11): 1003–1018. doi:10.1177/1077801206293328. PMID 17043363. S2CID 23410674. PDF
- ^ a b Nicolson, Paula (2010), "What is domestic abuse?", in Nicolson, Paula (ed.), Domestic violence and psychology: a critical perspective, London New York: Taylor & Francis, p. 40, ISBN 9781136698613
- ^ Bates, Elizabeth A.; Graham-Kevan, Nicola; Archer, John (January 2014). "Testing predictions from the male control theory of men's partner violence" (PDF). Aggressive Behavior. 40 (1): 42–55. doi:10.1002/ab.21499. PMID 23878077. S2CID 16532009.
- ^ Johnson, Michael P.; Ferraro, Kathleen J. (November 2000). "Research on domestic violence in the 1990s: making distinctions". Journal of Marriage and Family. 62 (4): 948–963. doi:10.1111/j.1741-3737.2000.00948.x. JSTOR 1566718.
- ^ Johnson, Michael P. "We haven't reached post-feminism yet" (PDF). Feminist Perspectives. p. 9. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 13, 2014.
- ^ "Michael P. Johnson: welcome". psu.edu. Pennsylvania State University. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
- ^ "Michael P. Johnson: personal". psu.edu. Pennsylvania State University. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
External links
editFurther reading
edit- Interview
- Ooms, Theodora (2006). A sociologist's perspective on domestic violence: a conversation with Michael Johnson, PhD (PDF). Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP).
- Johnson's Typology
- Bates, Elizabeth A.; Graham-Kevan, Nicola; Archer, John (January 2014). "Testing predictions from the male control theory of men's partner violence" (PDF). Aggressive Behavior. 40 (1): 42–55. doi:10.1002/ab.21499. PMID 23878077. S2CID 16532009.
- Graham-Kevan, Nicola; Archer, John (November 2003). "Intimate terrorism and common couple violence: a test of Johnson's predictions in four British samples". Journal of Interpersonal Violence. 18 (11): 1247–1270. doi:10.1177/0886260503256656. PMID 19774764. S2CID 22061409.
- Hamberger, L. Kevin; Lohr, Jeffrey M.; Bonge, Dennis; Tolin, David F. (Winter 1996). "A large sample empirical typology of male spouse abusers and its relationship to dimensions of abuse". Violence & Victims. 11 (4): 277–292. doi:10.1891/0886-6708.11.4.277. PMID 9210273. S2CID 797294.
- Holtzworth-Munroe, Amy; Meehan, Jeffrey C.; Herron, Katherine; Rehman, Uzma; Stuart, Gregory L. (December 2000). "Testing the Holtzworth-Munroe and Stuart (1994) batterer typology". Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology. 68 (6): 1000–1019. doi:10.1037/0022-006x.68.6.1000. PMID 11142534.
- Jacobson, Neil; Gottman, John M. (1998). When men batter women: new insights into ending abusive relationships. New York: Simon & Schuster. ISBN 9781416551331.
- Nicolson, Paula (2010), "What is domestic abuse?", in Nicolson, Paula (ed.), Domestic violence and psychology: a critical perspective, London New York: Taylor and Francis, p. 40, ISBN 9781136698613. Preview.
- Rosen, Karen H.; Stith, Edd Sandra M.; Few, April L.; Daly, Kathryn L.; Tritt, Dari R. (2005). "A qualitative investigation of Johnson's typology". Violence & Victims. 20 (3): 319–334. doi:10.1891/vivi.20.3.319. PMID 16180370. S2CID 219214689.
