“…Within these studies, victims had primarily committed drug‐based crimes; this is perhaps not surprising, given that drug‐related crime is often linked to experiences of domestic violence victimization (DeLisi, ; Jacobs, ; Jordan et al, ). Drug‐related crime can be a way of managing relations with abusive partners, particularly their drug selling activities, as well as a means of financing escape from partners, asserting a position of power, and avoiding perceptions of vulnerability (Epele, ; Gilfus, ; Raeder, ). Yet substance abuse also increases the risk of drug dependence, making victims even more vulnerable to victimization by intimate partners (Felson & Burchfield, ; Gover, ; Sterk, ) and thereby increasing the risk of criminal justice system involvement (McClellan, Farabee, & Crouch, ; Salisbury & Van Voorhis, ).…”