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Thijssen, Jill; de Ruiter, Corine – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2011
In the present study, a structured risk assessment instrument for intimate partner violence, the Brief Spousal Assault Form for the Evaluation of Risk (B-SAFER), was coded for 146 files of spousal assault cases from the Dutch probation service, dating from 2004 and 2005. The aim of the study was twofold: (a) to validate Holtzworth-Munroe and…
Descriptors: Recidivism, Family Violence, Psychopathology, Risk
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Fernandez, Eduard Bayarri; Ezpeleta, Lourdes; Granero, Roser; de la Osa, Nuria; Domenech, Josep Maria – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2011
There are discrepancies about whether children who witness and suffer domestic violence (DV) have similar outcomes in terms of psychopathology. This work examines the relationship between different types of exposure to DV and child psychopathology and functional impairment. One hundred and forty-four Spanish children aged from 4 to 17 years and…
Descriptors: Family Violence, Mental Disorders, Psychopathology, Victims of Crime
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Saunders, Daniel G.; Kurko, Jennifer F.; Barlow, Kirsten; Crane, Colleen E. – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2011
Men who batter, because of particular personality traits and sense of entitlement, may select partners whom they perceive will be dependent on them, meet their emotional needs, or be "objects" of physical attractiveness. During treatment intake, 181 offenders responded to the question, "What attracted you to her (your…
Descriptors: Family Violence, Males, Personality Traits, Selection
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't Hart-Kerkhoffs, Lisette A.; Vermeiren, Robert R. J. M.; Jansen, Lucres M. C.; Doreleijers, Theo A. H. – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2011
The aim of this study was to investigate group sex offenses with regard to the role of leaders versus followers and to compare both groups on levels of psychopathology, intelligence, and psychosocial and offense-related characteristics. Eighty-nine adolescent group sex offenders (mean age = 14.9, SD = 1.4) referred by the police to the Dutch child…
Descriptors: Intelligence, Health Needs, Emotional Problems, Child Abuse
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Dixon, Louise; Hamilton-Giachritsis, Catherine; Browne, Kevin – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2008
The heterogeneity of domestic violent men has long been established. However, research has failed to examine this phenomenon among men committing the most severe form of domestic violence. This study aims to use a multi-dimensional approach to empirically construct a classification system of men who are incarcerated for the murder of their female…
Descriptors: Family Violence, Research Methodology, Correctional Institutions, Scaling
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Holtzworth-Munroe, Amy; Meehan, Jeffrey C. – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2004
Varying levels and types of husband violence may be conceptualized as typologies of maritally violent men. Across studies, batterer subtypes resembling those proposed by Holtzworth-Munroe and Stuart (1994) have been identified and generally found to differ in predicted ways. Longitudinal data from this study suggests that the subgroups continued…
Descriptors: Males, Classification, Family Violence, Longitudinal Studies