Assessing risk markers in intimate partner femicide and severe violence: A new assessment instrument

Journal of Interpersonal Violence

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 925-939

  Echeburúa, Enrique ^a   Fernández Montalvo, Javier ^b   De Corral, Paz ^a   López Gońi, José J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^b PUBLIC UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Assessment tool; Femicide; Risk assessment; Safety planning; Severe intimate partner violence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPAIN; STATISTICS; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGGRESSION; DANGEROUS BEHAVIOR; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPAIN; SPOUSE ABUSE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65149102764     PISSN: 08862605     EISSN: 15526518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0886260508319370     Document Type: Article

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