As part of a NIH, NIJ & CDC funded 10-city national case control study of intimate partner femicide and attempted femicide, four groups of women were interviewed. The groups included 250 proxy informants, usually a mother or sister of the femicide victim, 200 attempted femicide victims, 450 abused (within the last two years) controls, and 450 non-abused (within the last two years) controls. Case data was obtained from police, medical examiner, and district attorney files. Control data was obtained through telephone interviews in the 10-cities. An 18-item survey was used to document the frequency and type of stalking by the intimate partner perpetrator during the 12 months preceding the attempted or actual femicide. Control women were administered the same survey. Stalking was defined according to the Model Antistalking Code for States and included "harassing or threatening behavior that an individual engages in repeatedly, such as following a person,appearing at a person's home or place of business, making harassing phone calls, leaving written messages, or objects, or vandalizing a woman's property". Stalking emerged as a significant correlate of attempted and actual femicide. The presentation will profile the type and frequency of stalking experienced by these four groups of women, associations with intimate partner abuse, and clinical nursing implications for inclusion of stalking in women's safety assessment.
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Keywords: Domestic Violence, Safety
Presenting author's disclosure statement:
Organization/institution whose products or services will be discussed: None
I do not have any significant financial interest/arrangement or affiliation with any organization/institution whose products or services are being discussed in this session.