A little less than a year ago, I read an in-depth study that found that studies into domestic abuse often discounted or ignored the fact that men and women are abused at similar rates. It was an aggregate of several hundred studies. However, instead of just listing the studies (like here: http://www.csulb.edu/~mfiebert/assault.htm), it gave reasons for why this might happen, like researchers fearing for their academic careers and such. It gave other examples of preliminary findings from studies listing rates of violence against men, but then the final publication of these studies removing these categories altogether. Does anyone know or have a link to the study I am referring to? It was quite long but a really interesting read. A friend is trying to convince me that the DOJ statistics saying that men are abused at a third the rate of women is the only valid statistic for this matter (those statistics found here: http://www.bjs.gov/index.cfm?ty=pbdetail&iid=4985)

While we're at it, can anyone tell me why the DOJ's statistics for violence against men might not be correct?