m9 Flashcards
Domestic Violence
Any violence between family members
Intimate Partner Violence/ Dating
Violence
Any violence or mistreatment that a
partner experiences at the hands of a
marital, common-law, or dating partner
(includes ex-partners)
Types of IPV
Physical
Emotional
Sexual
Financial
Battered Woman Syndrome
Sub-category of PTSD. Symptoms include:
* difficulty sleeping, including nightmares and insomnia
* feelings of fear, anger, sadness, hopelessness, and
worthlessness
* panic attacks or flashbacks to the abuse
Preventing IPV/ Dating violence
* Three types of intervention
primary, secondary, tertiary
Primary
- For everyone
- Prevent from
occurring at
all
Secondary
For people at
higher risk of
perpetration
(but have not
done it)
* Prevent them
from
perpetration
* E.g.,
boys/men
Tertiary
- For people
who have
offended - Prevent them
from
offending
again
Criminal Harassment
- Repeatedly following, communicating with,
watching or threatening - Victim must fear for their own safety
Different types of stalkers?
Intimate
(50%)
Acquaintance
(13%)
Public figure
(27%)
Private
(10%)
What predicts violence in stalking?
- Personality disorder
- Substance use disorder
- NO psychotic disorder
Wilson et al. (2023)
* KEY FINDINGS after review of cyberstalking literature:
Factors that may predict cyberstalking:
* Deviant peer associations
* Low self-control; engaging in risky behaviours
* Hours spent online (i.e., opportunity)
* Previous victimization/ perpetration
* Antisocial personality traits (i.e., psychopathy; narcissism)