Could we have known? A qualitative analysis of data from women who survived an attempted homicide by an intimate partner

Nicolaidis, Christina; Curry, Mary Ann; Ulrich, Yvonne; Sharps, Phyllis; McFarlane, Judith; Campbell, Doris; Gary, Faye A.; Laughon, Kathryn; Glass, Nancy; Campbell, Jacquelyn C.

doi:10.1046/j.1525-1497.2003.21202.x

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“…Congruent with previous figures on IPH in Australia, the majority of victims were female and the majority of perpetrators were male (Davies and Mouzos 2007;Virueda and Payne 2010). This study confirms prior research in which IPH has been shown to be a gendered crime, whereby women are predominately killed by their male partners (Campbell et al 2007;Nicolaidis et al 2003;WHO 2005). Of interest however, approximately one quarter of IPH perpetrators were female, which highlights the complex nature of IPH as both men and women can be victims or perpetrators of family violence and IPH (Leth and Mygind 2009;Riggs et al 2000).…”

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Service Contacts Proximate to Intimate Partner Homicides in Victoria

2015

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This study examined the frequency, nature and proximity of service contacts among victims and perpetrators of intimate partner homicide in Victoria, Australia. A retrospective review was conducted of coroner's records of 120 intimate partner homicides for the period 2000-2008. In 91 (75.8 %) of the cases, one or both parties had contact with a service in the 12 months preceding the homicide. The justice system was the most frequent point of contact among both parties, and the healthcare system was often the first and preferred point of contact for victims and perpetrators when seeking assistance individually. Overall, perpetrators were more likely to have contact with a service than victims, and the majority of all service contacts occurred within 1 month of the homicide. This paper outlines the prevention opportunities that exist within the service system and highlights the importance of interventions and treatments directed at perpetrators of family violence.

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Service Contacts Proximate to Intimate Partner Homicides in Victoria

2015

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“…They also found that the risk of intimate partner femicide increased by five times when the victim left the abusive partner for another man or when sexual jealousy was triggered . Additional empirical evidence has suggested increased risk of intimate partner femicide in response to the victim's attempt to leave the relationship (e.g., McFarlane et al, 1999;Nicolaidis et al, 2003; U.S. Department of Justice, 1998). Campbell et al also documented that having a child from the victim's previous partner living in the home doubled the risk of intimate partner femicide.…”

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From Mate Retention to Murder: Evolutionary Psychological Perspectives on Men's Partner-Directed Violence

Kaighobadi

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Goetz

2009

Review of General Psychology

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In response to the tragically high incidence and negative consequences of female-directed violence in intimate relationships, a large literature has been dedicated to the investigation of the proximate and the ultimate or evolutionary predictors of men's partner-directed violence. Evolutionary psychology offers a framework for investigating the design of evolved information-processing mechanisms that motivate costly behaviors such as men's partner-directed violence. We review several forms of men's partner-directed violence, including insults, sexual coercion, physical violence, and homicide, from an evolutionary psychological perspective and with a particular focus on the adaptive problem of paternity uncertainty. The problem of paternity uncertainty is hypothesized to have selected for the emotion of male sexual jealousy, which in turn motivates men's nonviolent and violent mate retention behaviors. We review empirical evidence for the relationships among paternity uncertainty, male sexual jealousy, and men's partner-directed violence. We propose that a comprehensive understanding of men's partner-directed violence will be achieved only by careful consideration of both proximate and ultimate causes.

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“…16 Among adult women, a wide range of controlling behaviors, including monitoring, stalking, social isolation, economic control, and use of children to manipulate a partner, 17 have been related to the most severe cases of partner violence, 18,19 including attempted homicide. 20 Moreover, Pulerwitz et al 21 examined the measurement of relationship power and its association with physical violence.…”

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