Voices of Intimate Partner Homicide

In the USA, law, policy, policing, and prevention work addressing domestic and intimate partner violence is created and enacted based on a violence model. This book takes a critical look at these misconceived notions and sheds light on multiple non-violent forms of controlling behavior that precipitate intimate partner homicide.

Donna J. King, Ph.D., J.D., is an IPV survivor and President/Director for Victims' Safe Harbor Foundation, Inc., a 501(c)3 social impact organization that provides legal, educational and policy services on domestic violence and child abuse. She received her Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Central Florida, where her areas of expertise focused on domestic violence, social inequalities, law and society, gender, and criminology. She also holds a juris doctorate from the Florida Agricultural & Mechanical University College of Law and is a Florida licensed attorney in good standing.

Introduction Part I. The Gender Identity of Coercive Control 1. Women's Rights, Domestic Violence, and Intimate Partner Violence 2. Not all Intimate Partner Violence is Created Equal 3. Asserting the Risk: Understanding an Intimate Partner Violence Victim's Risk of Death 4. Understanding Intimate Partner Homicide Victims from Their Own Data Part II. Voices of Intimate Partner Homicide Victims 5. The Torture of Coercive Control 6. The Insidious and Omnipresent Coercive Control 7. When the Intimate Partner Violence Victim Resists the Abuse 8. Physical Violence, the Ultimate in Power and Control? Part III. Regulating Coercive Control: Lessons from Intimate Partner Violence and Intimate Partner Homicide Data 9. The Frequencies of Coercive Control 10. Coercive Control Legislation and Reimagining Lethality Risk Assessment for Intimate Partner Violence 11. Conclusion Appendix