“You Have Caused All of This, It’s All Your Fault”: An Argument for the Application of Grievance-Fuelled Violence Frameworks to the Prevention of Male-Perpetrated Intimate Partner Homicide
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The Australian National University
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The Australian National University Australia
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The Australian National University Australia
Abstract
Male-perpetrated intimate partner homicide (IPH) is one of the most common forms of homicide globally. Because of extensive research undertaken over the past 15 years, our understanding of why and under what circumstances IPH occurs has developed rapidly. There is also considerable evidence that traditional responses to intimate partner violence (IPV) are, in most cases, ineffective at preventing the escalation of harm. Considered in tandem, this research and evidence provide impetus to consider the potential of prevention models developed to address other forms of violence. This article highlights the empirical and theoretical similarities between perpetrators of grievance-fuelled violence and IPV and IPH. Using this evidence, an argument is made for applying a grievance-fuelled violence framework in IPH prevention.
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Author Biographies
Hayley Boxall is a Research Fellow at the Australian National University and has been undertaking research on domestic and family violence and sexual violence for over 10 years. She has published extensively on these topics, with a primary focus on pathways/trajectories into domestic and family violence (DFV) offending and intimate partner femicide, offending and reoffending patterns of DFV perpetrators, and DFV desistance processes.
Adelaide Bragias is a PhD candidate at the ANU. Her doctoral research examines familicide through the lens of grievance-fuelled violence and she has previously published on the intersection of policing, and technology.
Emily Corner is an Associate Professor at the ANU. She has extensive experience in undertaking quantitative and qualitative research relating to terrorism, radicalisation, grievance-fuelled violence, fixated threat, and risk assessment, the design and implementation of large-scale quantitative and qualitative data analyses and interpretation, large-scale systematic reviews relating to radicalisation and terrorism, and evaluation research.