ABSTRACT
In most societies, violence against women exists in which, economical problems, alcohol, marriage related, familial and cultural problems are among effective factors. This study is done to determine the effective causes of violence against women referred to Tehran legal medical center. This is a descriptive study performed in 2003 at Tehran Legal medical center. The sample consisted of 171 subjects and data collecting instrument was a questionnaire which was completed by researcher was consisting of demographic information of samples and their strikers and causes of violence. Results were analyzed using SPSS software and descriptive statistical methods. Out of 171 subjects, 40.4% were in age group of 26-30 with mean age of 29.58 +/- 10.15 and 47.4% had high school education, 5.8% were illiterate and 0.6% gave no response. 29.8% of strikers had high school education and 3.5% of them were illiterate. The most effective cause of violence [27.0%] in married women was husband's skepticism and among singles [38.23%] was street clashes. Since most of violence causes in married samples are husband's suspicion which is a psychological problem, therefore more studies should be done to eradicate such problem. Street clashes are also a social difficult which is the most violence cause in single samples. These problems originated from our social and cultural disorders which should be considered deeply