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domestic violence

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any violence occurring between family members

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Intimate partner violence

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any violence occurring between intimate partners who are living together or are separated
- also called spousal violence

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how IPV differs from general violence

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targeted at specific individuals
- primary (current or former IP), secondary (children, new partner, etc.) victims
close relationship between creates more opportunities for violence to occur
- repetitive and may increase in frequency or severity over course of a relationship

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types of IPV

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verbal
psychological/ emotional
financial
physical
sexual
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measuring IPV

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conflict tactics scale (CTS) or CTS2
- 39 items into 5 scales
criticisms:
1. Does not include all potential violent acts
2. does not take into account different contexts or consequences of same act for men and women
- ex 40% of women report injury vs 24% men
3. does not access motivation for violence, therefore initiated and responding to violence are treated equally

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Straus 2012

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CTS/CTS2

research should be on reducing all violence not just violence by men

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Carney et al., 2007

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female partner violence occurs at the same rate as male partner violence

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Brown (2004)

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female partner injured - males charged 91%
male partner injured - females charged 60%
no injury, males 52%, females 13%

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history of IPV reform

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14th century roman catholic church
- encouraged husbands to beat wife out of concern for "spiritual well being"
before 1945
- Rule of Thumb - rod no bigger than base of man's right thumb
- legal and socially acceptable
1970s
- battered women's movement
- exposed failures of law, medicine and society to respond to female victims
- first shelters for battered women
1980s
- change in marital rape laws
- husband could no longer legally rape wife
- charter of rights and freedom
2010s
- other protections
- provincial legislation changes
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IPV and Canada

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1993 - 51% of women
2018
- 30% of all violent crime
- 45% of violent crime against females
79% of victims are female
- 25-29 at highest risk
- 2x as likely if LGBTQ
- lesbians and bisexual women, 4x more likely than heterosexual
19% of cases reported to police
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IPV and pregnancy

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  • 10% of female victims report violence during pregnancy
  • more likely to escalate and experience all and more severe forms of violence
  • increased risk for pregnancy complications
  • alienation from positive support, increased dependence on perpetrator, increased stress, increased risk for violence
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IPV and aboriginal populations

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report 2x amount of IPV

  • aboriginal women more likely to be victimized
  • more childhood abuse and witness abuse
  • women more likely to contact police than non aboriginal women
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is IPV a gendered problem

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interactive/ mutual violence is common

  • 45.5% of IPV
  • men underreport victimization
  • men more likely to seriously injure female partners
  • women more likely to report fear
  • men more likely to continue or escalate abuse after separation
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Minority stress model

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potential explanation for IPV in LGBTQ populations

  • due to stigma, stress, prejudice, discrimination experienced
  • more stress than other individuals - leads to more instances of violence
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IPV and Covid 19

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caused spike in IPV

- ability to escape abusive situations has reduced

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IPV and University students

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  • female less likely to be perpetrators of serious assault and sexual coercion
  • 29.8% any assault
  • 5.8% serious assault
  • 21.5% any sexually coercive act
  • substance use strongly linked to perpetrating
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patriarchy

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broad set of cultural beliefs and values that support male dominance of women

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observational learning

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learning through watching others

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intigators

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in social learning theory, these events in environment act as stimulus for acquired behaviors

  • aversive - produce emotional arousal
  • incentive - perceived awards for engaging in aggression
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regulators

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in social learning theory, these are consequences of behaviors

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evolutionary psychoogy

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takes evolutionary history of a species into account when understanding a psychological trait and what led to it’s origination, development, and maintenance

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Social learning theory and IPV

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Bandura, then Dutton
- IPV learned through observation, modeling, and reinforcement
instigators
- regulators - external and self punishment
intergenerational transmission of violence hypothesis
– IPV result of observational learning
background situational model
- background factors + proximal factors (instigators) influence expression of IPV

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Gondolf (1985)

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male-emotional funnel system

  • aversive instigators
  • male batters tend to label many emotional states as anger
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selective pressure

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environmental circumstance that presents an opportunity for new genes to develop that give a survival and or reproductive advantage to the individual with the genes

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Evolutionary theory for IPV
violence to control females and sexual fidelity - females with higher mate value than partners are at increased risk for IPV due to superior capacity for leaving relationship, males put at risk for rivals - genetics and epigenetics - - gene that causes stress reactivity and poor self regulation - - more likely to perpetrate violence towards partners
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nested ecological model
Dutton social learning theory - focuses on relationships between multiple levels and how to operate together to initiate expression of IPV
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IPV theory solution
best understood as result of accumulation of different risk factors in multiple domains
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why do IPV victims stay
environmental barriers - fear of retaliation - lack of alternative means of economic support socialization barriers - concern for children - lack of support from family and friends - fear of losing custody of children associated with divorce psychological factors -learned helplessness - hope that partner will change also: - safer as know what to expect - low self esteem
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Cycle of abuse
phase 1: tension building - anger, blaming, arguments and fighting phase 2: explosion - yelling, threats, physical violence, destroying objects, sexual abuse phase 3: honeymoon phase - saying sorry, making excuses, promising to change
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returning to abuser IPV
``` -70% of women who leave return at least once reasons: -31% sake of children - 24% to give another chance - 17% promise of change - 9% lack of money or place to go - 22% felt safer as knew what to expect ```
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family violence and animal maltreatment
- 41% of men arrested for IPV also commit at least one act against animals - 1.5% of men general public - 72% threatened or harmed pet - 54% pets hurt or killed by partner
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R v. Lavallee
1990 batters women syndrome used as murder defense - self defense
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Flynn (2000)
battered women and pets - 90% of pet abused were considered emotional support - 65% of pet abuse group worried about pets safety
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family only batterer
Male spousal batterer who is typically not violent outside home, does not show much psychopathy and does not possess negative attitudes supportive of violence
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Dysphoric/ borderline batterer
male spousal batterer who exhibits some violence outside family, is depressed, has borderline personality traits, and has problems with jealousy
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generally violent/ antisocial batterer
male spousal batterer, violent outside of home, engages in other criminal acts, has drug and alcohol problems, has impulse control issues, and possesses violence supportive beliefs
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IPV typologies and research
not all perpetrators are same in characteristics and nature of IPV they engage in - characterological violence - situational violence Psychopathology - Holtzworth-Munroe and Stuart Behavioral - Johnson
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characterological violence
stems from desire for power and control
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situational violence
stems from emotional dysregulation and conflict
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Psychological IPV typology
Holtzworth-Munroe and Stuart (1994) - family only batterer - 50% - dysphoric/borderline - 25% - antisocial - 25%
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Behavioral IPV typology
Johnson (2008) - coercive control/ intimate terrorism --chronic, more severe IPV, escalates over time --- more likely to result in injury --isolation, intimidation, minimization Situational couple violence - arguments escalate into occasional violence - low frequency IPV - minor violence - more likely to be reciprocal and sporadic separation instigated violence - moderate to severe self defense/ violence resistance - response to coercive control by other partner - may or may not cause injury
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Limitations of IPV typologies
can aid treatment matching to address specific offender needs problems with stability - individuals can change perpetration types and thus ability to inform treatment can be limited
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Babcock et al., 2003
female batterers typology - partner only (PO) - - use reactive violence out of fear and self defense - Generally violent (GV) - - more instrumental violence - - more traumatic symptoms - - more abuse from mothers
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mandatory charging policies
gives police authority to lay charges against suspect where there are reasonable and probable grounds to believe domestic assault has occurred - can be done without victim consent
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Sherman and Berk (1984)
``` police responses separation, mediation, arrest - recidivism rates: separation 26-28% mediation 18-37% arrest 13-19% ``` - arrest only works for employed men - only if have something to lose
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Duluth Model/ derivative
domestic abuse intervention project - violence by men on women - grounded in theory of patriarchal dominance - goal is to change behavior via psychoeducation and in group processing and modeling healthy relationships and conflict resolution - limited effectiveness, likely due to lack of addressing psychiatric and or substance abuse and trauma history - based on feministic model - 75% drop out rate
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couples therapy
IPV treatment to improve communication - only recommended in situational common-couple violence - effective with substance abuse using couples - multi-couple group therapy - - demonstrated success with mild to moderate situational common couple violence
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group therapy
- group CBT - most common - battered/ abuse intervention programs - violence is learned behavior - anger management, communication skills, relaxation techniques - most effective if comorbid psychiatric and substance use are also addressed - success with CBT and motivational interviewing modalities and in conjunction with individual therapy
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other interventions for IPV
- medication or hospitalization - interpersonal, anger and vocational skills program - legal crisis employment counselling - restrictions on activity, movement, association or communication for perpetrators
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criminal harassment
crime that involves repeatedly following, communicating with, watching, or threatening a person directly or indirectly
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restraining order effectiveness
low to medium risk of IPV less likely to recidivist if had restraining order than high risk
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risk assessment for IPV
``` decision making process through which the best course of action is determined by estimating, identifying, qualifying or quantifying risk tools: - Danger assessment (DA) -DVSI-R (actuarial) - ODARA -B-SAFER -DVRAG (actuarial) -SARA-V3 (SPJ) ```
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DVARG
- predicts future male to female IPV
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SARA-V3
- predicts future IPV for males or females over 18 years old
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intimate partner homicide
IPH - more common among female victims - 30-60% of homicides annually - 10-25% involve additional victims - 30-40% involve perpetrator suicide
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IPH lethality factors
``` acute conflict - stalking, ultimatum capacity for serious violence - use of weapons serious inhibition -mental state, substance abuse, suicidal thoughts ```
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Shaffer et al., 2018
young offenders in greater Vancouver and IPV - SAVRY, YLS/CMI, and psychopathy - problems with tools for IPV - none accurate for youth - 62.5% of SARA-V3 empirically supported for youth, 8% promising, 30% possible - risk factors missing (parenting, low school safety, neighborhood crime etc.) - no protective factors - - created Youth intimate partner abuse Risk assessment guide (YIPA) - SARA-V3 with things added and taken out
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stalking prevalence
men (4%) women (7%) - women 15-24 highest rates - higher for university students - - females (9-30%), males (11-17%) - women more likely to be harassed by former partners, men acquaintances
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Kropp, Hart, Lyon (2002)
described 4 types of stalkers
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ex-intimate stalker
most common | - engages in stalking after intimate relationship breakup
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love obsessional stalker
rare | - intense emotional feelings for the victim but who has never had an intimate relationship with them
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delusional stalker
rare - suffers from delusions and wrongly believes they have relationship with victim - often have delusional disorders, schizophrenia, or bipolar disorder
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grudge stalker
rare | - knows and is angry at the victim for some perceived injustice

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