Intimate partner homicide: Review and implications of research and policy

Jacquelyn C. Campbell; Nancy Glass; Phyllis W. Sharps; Kathryn Laughon; Tina Bloom

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Intimate partner homicide: Review and implications of research and policy

Jacquelyn C. Campbell, Nancy Glass, Phyllis W. Sharps, Kathryn Laughon, Tina Bloom

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Abstract

Current rates of intimate partner homicide of females are approximately 4 to 5 times the rate for male victims, although the rates for both have decreased during the past 25 years. The major risk factor for intimate partner homicide, no matter if a female or male partner is killed, is prior domestic violence. This review presents and critiques the evidence supporting the other major risk factors for intimate partner homicide in general, and for intimate partner homicide of women (femicide) in particular, namely guns, estrangement, stepchild in the home, forced sex, threats to kill, and nonfatal strangulation (choking). The demographic risk factors are also examined and the related phenomena of pregnancy-related homicide, attempted femicide, and intimate partner homicide-suicide.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	246-269
Number of pages	24
Journal	Trauma, Violence, and Abuse
Volume	8
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/1524838007303505
State	Published - Jul 2007

Keywords

Domestic violence
Gender
Homicide
Intimate partner homicide
Intimate partner violence

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Health(social science)
Applied Psychology
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

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