Intimate partner stalking and femicide

Urgent implications for women's safety

Dados Bibliográficos

ID23317644
AutoresJudith Mcfarlane (0000-0003-3275-9102, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, autor correspondente), Jacquelyn C Campbell (0000-0003-3689-4547, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center), Kathy Watson (The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center)
Ano2002
Volume20
Fascículo1-2
Páginas51-68
Data de publicação2002-01-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoBehavioral Sciences & the Law (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0735-3936 • E-ISSN: 1099-0798
EditoraWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/bsl.477
PMID12030246
OpenAlexW2037854643
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas62
Referências citadas33

This study describes the type and extent of intimate partner stalking and threatening behaviors that occurred within 12 months prior to a major assault or attempted or actual partner femicide and specifies which behaviors were associated with an increased risk of potential or actual lethality. The design was a ten‐city case–control study of 821 women: 384 abuse victims and 437 attempted or actual femicide informants. Data were derived using a 16‐item inventory. Logistic regressions, with adjustments for demographic variables, were used to identify the significant perpetrator behaviors associated with attempted/actual femicide. Women who reported the perpetrator followed or spied on them were more than twice as likely to become attempted/actual femicide victims. Threats by the perpetrator to harm the children if the woman left or did not return to the relationship place the woman at a ninefold increase in the risk of attempted/actual femicide. Conclusions are that certain stalking and threatening behaviors are strong risk factors for lethality, and women must be so advised. Copyright © 2002 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Criminology · Domestic violence · Femicide · Harm · Injury prevention · Logistic regression · Medical emergency · Occupational safety and health · Poison control · Stalking · Suicide prevention · Human Factors and Ergonomics · Intimate Partner and Family Violence · Medicine · Psychology · Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology · Social Psychology · Stalking, Cyberstalking, and Harassment