Type:	Journal Article
Title:	Lethal and nonlethal violence against an intimate female partner: comparing male murderers to nonlethal abusers
Other Titles:	Violence against women
Authors:	Dobash, Russell P Medina-Ariza, Juanjo Cavanagh, Kate Dobash, R. Emerson
Keywords:	Homicide;Risk assessment;Risk factors
Year:	2007
Publisher:	Sage Publications
Citation:	13 (4), April 2007
Notes:	Men's lethal and nonlethal violence against an intimate female partner are compared. Various risk factors are examined to compare men's lethal and nonlethal violence against an intimate woman partner. Relative to abusers, men who kill are generally more conventional with respect to childhood backgrounds, education, employment, and criminal careers, are more likely to be possessive and jealous, and are more likely to be separated from their partner at the time of the event. Men who kill are more likely to have used violence against a previous partner, to have sexually assaulted and strangled the victim, and to have used a weapon or instrument. However, they were less likely to have been drunk at the time of the event and/or to have previously used violence against the woman they killed. Overall, the findings do not support the notion of a simple progression from nonlethal to lethal violence and raise some dilemmas for the growing area of risk assessment. [?2007 SAGE Publications. All rights reserved. For further information, visit SAGE Publications link.]
URI:	https://anrows.intersearch.com.au/anrowsjspui/handle/1/15622
ISSN:	1077-8012
Appears in Collections:	Journal Articles

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