
October 2021: A Note from Hope Katz Gibbs, publisher, Inkandescent Women magazine, and filmmaker Tracy Schott, founder, Voices4Change — “Why do they kill?” That’s the question that Dr. David Adams began exploring more than two decades ago. His book about why men murder their intimate partners is the first American study of domestic homicide that includes in-depth interviews with 31 killers.
“No previous study has so painstakingly examined this group of men,” explains David, who in his research moved backward through their lives starting with the murders committed. He explored their relationship histories and childhoods to understand what motivated them. He concluded that domestic homicide is neither random nor spontaneous, but predictable.
“The killings are steeped in a complex melange of biography, social forces, and the immediacies and practicalities of human violence,” he insists.
Click here to learn more about David and his book.
And be sure to listen to our interview on Voices4ChangeRadio.com where Tracy Scott interviews David Adams, Ed.D., the co-founder and co-director of Emerge, the first counseling program in the nation for men who abuse women.
Our topic: Digging under the surface of intimate partner violence, today we learn more about why men abuse women — and what we can do to put an end to it.
About David Adams, Ed.D.: David is the co-founder and Co-Director of Emerge, the first counseling program in the nation for men who abuse women. David has led groups for abusers for over 40 years and parenting education groups for 18 years.
He is one of the nation’s leading experts on abusers and abuser interventions and has conducted training of social service and criminal justice professionals in over 47 states and 22 nations. He has published numerous articles and book chapters on domestic violence. His book, Why Do They Kill? Men Who Murder Their Intimate Partners was published in 2007.
David is also the co-chair of the Criminal Justice Committee of the Massachusetts Council on Domestic Violence and has also served as Director of the National Danger Assessment Training Project. He is a frequent Expert Witness on court cases involving allegations of domestic violence.