Spousal Homicide Risk and Estrangement

Wilson, Margo; Daly, Martin

doi:10.1891/0886-6708.8.1.3

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“…Indeed, the majority of women remained separated from their partner for the entire year, despite the fact that almost threequarters of the sample reported being involved with their partner at T1. Unfortunately, echoing prior findings that ending the relationship does not mean ending the violence (Fleury et al, 2000;Wilson & Daly, 1993, 2001, some women in all four of our relationship course groups continued to experience some degree of abuse even 1 year after some women had ended their relationship with their partner.…”

Section: Implications For Interventionsupporting

confidence: 79%

Variations in Help-Seeking, Battered Women's Relationship Course, Emotional Well-Being, and Experiences of Abuse Over Time

Bell

Goodman

Dutton

2009

Psychology of Women Quarterly

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Despite assumptions that leaving the batterer offers the best chance for improvement in battered women's lives, few studies provide conclusive data on this issue. Although many women eventually reunite with partners, also unexamined is the influence of relationship course over time. Five waves of data from 206 low‐income, largely Black, help‐seeking battered women revealed minimal differences in emotional well‐being either initially or over time for women following different relationship trajectories during the course of 1 year. Consistency in relationship status (completely apart, completely together) tended to be associated with sharper drops in violence during the year; abuse tended to decrease most slowly among women who were in and out of their relationship over time. Findings suggest that the act of leaving is not necessarily associated with improvements for victims—how the process of leaving occurs may be more influential. Challenging common assumptions, women remaining with partners may sometimes fare better than women who leave.

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Section: Implications For Interventionsupporting

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Variations in Help-Seeking, Battered Women's Relationship Course, Emotional Well-Being, and Experiences of Abuse Over Time

Bell

Goodman

Dutton

2009

Psychology of Women Quarterly

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“…It is well established that homicide rates are higher for women who have separated from their partners than for women in intact relationships (Hotton, 2001;Wilson & Daly, 1993), and this heightened risk of homicide following a separation is not found for men (Johnson & Hotton, 2003). Thus, in the family courts, one major concern is the potential for further injury-or death.…”

Section: Coercive Controlling Violencementioning

confidence: 99%

Differentiation Among Types of Intimate Partner Violence: Research Update and Implications for Interventions

Kelly

Johnson

2008

Family Court Review

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A growing body of empirical research has demonstrated that intimate partner violence is not a unitary phenomenon and that types of domestic violence can be differentiated with respect to partner dynamics, context, and consequences. Four patterns of violence are described: Coercive Controlling Violence, Violent Resistance, Situational Couple Violence, and Separation-Instigated Violence. The controversial matter of gender symmetry and asymmetry in intimate partner violence is discussed in terms of sampling differences and methodological limitations. Implications of differentiation among types of domestic violence include the need for improved screening measures and procedures in civil, family, and criminal court and the possibility of better decision making, appropriate sanctions, and more effective treatment programs tailored to the characteristics of different types of partner violence. In family court, reliable differentiation should provide the basis for determining what safeguards are necessary and what types of parenting plans are appropriate to ensure healthy outcomes for children and parent-child relationships. Keywords: domestic violence ; differentiation among types of intimate partner violence ; coercive controlling violence ; situational couple violence ; gender and violence ; implications for interventions and family court

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“…However, seventy-five percent of homicides are not women who have left abusive husbands. The risk of homicide is actually higher in the first 2 months after separation (Wilson & Daly, 1993).…”

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The Politics of Research: The Use, Abuse, and Misuse of Social Science Data—the Cases of Intimate Partner Violence

Gelles

2006

Family Court Review

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This article examines the issue of how research is utilized, abused, and misused in policy and practice in the area of intimate partner violence (IPV). The article reviews and critically analyzes facts set forth for the purpose of claiming that IPV is a significant social problem and finds that many of these facts lack empirical support. The lack of evidence that supports theoretical explanations for IPV and recommended interventions hinders the ability to adequately respond to the problem of IPV.

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Spousal Homicide Risk and Estrangement

Cited by 334 publications

References 25 publications

Variations in Help-Seeking, Battered Women's Relationship Course, Emotional Well-Being, and Experiences of Abuse Over Time

Variations in Help-Seeking, Battered Women's Relationship Course, Emotional Well-Being, and Experiences of Abuse Over Time

Differentiation Among Types of Intimate Partner Violence: Research Update and Implications for Interventions

The Politics of Research: The Use, Abuse, and Misuse of Social Science Data—the Cases of Intimate Partner Violence

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