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Assessing Risk Markers in Intimate Partner Femicide and Severe Violence

A New Assessment Instrument

Enrique Echeburúa

Universidad del País Vasco, enrique.echeburua{at}ehu.es

Javier Fernández-Montalvo

Universidad Pública de Navarra

Paz de Corral

Universidad del País Vasco

José J. López-Goñi

Universidad Pública de Navarra

The aim of this study is to develop a scale to predict intimate partner femicide and severe violence. The sample consists of 1,081 batterer men who were reported to the police station. First, the most significant differences between the severe violence group (n = 269) and the less severe violence group (n = 812) in sociodemographic variables are determined. Both aggressors and victims of the severe violence group have a higher rate of immigration. Second, the proposed 20-item scale is derived from a larger 58-item scale, where only the most discriminative items between severe and nonsevere intimate partner violence are taken into account. Psychometric properties of reliability and validity are rather good. Cutoff scores have been proposed according to sensitivity and specificity. This easy-to-use tool appears to be suitable to the requirements of criminal justice professionals and is intended for use in safety planning. Implications of these results for further research are discussed.

Key Words: severe intimate partner violence • femicide • assessment tool • risk assessment • safety planning

This version was published on June 1, 2009

Journal of Interpersonal Violence, Vol. 24, No. 6, 925-939 (2009)
DOI: 10.1177/0886260508319370
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