Sociology 3358F/G Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Intimate Partner Violence, Homicide, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
22 Nov 2016
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Lecture 3: pathways to crime-linking victimization to criminilization. Welose ourselves on the pathway to crime (physical, mental, sexual abuse) Virtually all women who are criminalized go through this. Women sustain brutal violence and it breaks people down. Campbell et al did the danger assessment. Highlights risk factors of a man killing his current or ex partner. People being traumatized often telescopes and it becomes blurry so they usually use a calendar to give themselves a sense of when and how common the abuse occurs. Women are 7x more likely to be killed by an ex partner. 3 factors are highly correlated with killing of a wife. Having a stepchild that is the womens and not his increases chances of her getting murdered by 2. 4 x. Estrangement in the past year 3. 5x increase. Drugs and alcohol never cause violence but they do lower your inhibitions. 4 stages of abuse that correlates to lifestyle.
