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020 _a9781922478139 (Online)
040 _aAFVC
100 _aBoxall, Hayley
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245 _aHow does domestic violence escalate over time?
_cHayley Boxall and Siobhan Lawler
260 _aCanberra, ACT :
_bAustralian Institute of Criminology,
_c2021
300 _aelectronic document (17 pages) ; PDF file
500 _aTrends & Issues in Crime and Criminal Justice, no. 626, May 2021
520 _aA key assumption in the domestic violence literature is that abuse escalates in severity and frequency over time. However, very little is known about how violence and abuse unfolds within intimate relationships and there is no consensus on how escalation should be defined or how prevalent it is. A narrative review of the literature identified two primary definitions of escalation: a pattern of increasingly frequent and/or severe violent incidents, or the occurrence of specific violent acts (i.e. outcomes). Escalation appears to be limited to serious or prolific offenders rather than characterising all abusive relationships. However, disparities in prevalence estimates between those provided by victim–survivors and recorded incident data highlight the difficulty of measuring this aspect of abusive relationships. (Authors' abstract). Record #7573
650 _aDOMESTIC VIOLENCE
_9203
650 _aINTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE
_9431
650 _aOFFENDERS
_9413
650 _aRECIDIVISM
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650 _aRISK FACTORS
_9505
651 _aINTERNATIONAL
_93624
651 4 _aAUSTRALIA
_92597
651 _aNEW SOUTH WALES
_93273
700 _aLawler, Siobhan
_910751
773 0 _tTrends & Issues in Crime and Criminal Justice, no. 626, May 2021
830 _aTrends & Issues in Crime and Criminal Justice
_95005
856 _uhttps://www.aic.gov.au/publications/tandi/tandi626
942 _2ddc
_cBRIEFING
_hpānui-april-2022