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040			_aAFVC
100			_9875 _aCampbell, Jacquelyn C.
245			_aResearch results from a national study of intimate partner homicide : _bthe Danger Assessment Instrument
260			_aRockville, MD : _bNational Institute of Justice/NCJRS, _c2004
300			_aelectronic document (10 p.); PDF file: 118.78 KB
520			_aA group of researchers in 12 cities across the country partnered with police departments, district attorney offices, domestic violence shelters, and medical examiners to conduct the study. A case control design compared information from interviews with proxy informants for females killed by an intimate partner (cases) with information from abused women (abused controls). Sampling quotas for cases and controls for each of the 12 cities in the study were determined by annual rates of intimate partner femicides. The study encompassed 220 femicide cases and 356 abused controls. In addition to administering the DA, the interview solicited information on demographic and relationship characteristics, including type, frequency, and severity of any violence; psychological abuse and harassment; alcohol and drug use; and weapon availability. Scales that measured partners' controlling behaviors and stalking were constructed based on factor analysis of the risk factor items. Bivariate logistic regression was used to estimate the independent association between each of the hypothesized risk factors from the DA and the risk of intimate partner femicide. Psychometric analysis of the DA included internal consistency and discriminant group validity using mean scores. The study found that 15 of the 17 items of the DA distinguished intimate partner femicide victims from abused women. The factor with the strongest risk (highest odds ratio) was the use (or threatened use) of a weapon. Women who had been threatened with being killed were almost 15 times more likely to be among the femicide victims rather than among the abused controls. Perpetrator drug abuse and serious alcohol abuse also differentiated batterers who killed from those who did not, as did prior gun ownership. The two DA items that did not significantly differentiate intimate partner femicide victims from abused women pertained to suicidality. Internal consistency of the DA was acceptable among the femicide cases and among the controls. Researchers are continuing to analyze the data to determine a DA cutoff score. Implications of the findings are drawn for practitioners and for researchers. (Abstract) Record #4262
650			_aABUSED WOMEN _925
650			_aDOMESTIC VIOLENCE _9203
650			_aFEMICIDE _98292
650			_aHOMICIDE _9297
650			_aINTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE _9431
650		4	_aRISK ASSESSMENT _9504
650			_aRISK FACTORS _9505
651		4	_aUNITED STATES _92646
700			_aWebster, Daniel _93737
700			_aBlock, Carolyn R. _93738
700			_aCampbell, Doris _93739
700			_aCurry, Mary-Ann _93740
700			_aGary, Faye _93157
700			_aMcFarlane, Judith _93156
700			_aSachs, Carolyn _93741
700			_aSharps, Phyllis _93742
700			_aUlrich, Yvonne _93743
700			_aWilt, Susan A. _93744
700			_aManganello, Jennifer _93745
700			_91511 _aKoziol-McLain, Jane
856			_uhttps://www.ncjrs.gov/App/Publications/abstract.aspx?ID=199710
942			_2ddc _cREPORT