Citation

Conner KR, Cerulli C, Caine ED. Violence Vict. 2002; 17(2): 115-125.

Affiliation

University of Rochester Medical Center, The State University of New York at Buffalo, School of Law Family Violence Clinic, NY 14642, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2002, Springer Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

12033550

Abstract

The authors examined threatened and attempted suicide among partner-violent male respondents in a family court domestic violence intervention court based on the reports of 101 women petitioning the court for orders of protection. Suicidal behavior was prevalent; 45.5% of respondents had a history of threatened suicide and 12.9% had a history of suicide attempts. Most recent threats were clustered in the previous 6 months (70.5%) with one-fourth occurring within a week of the petition, potentially indicating a desperate response to a deteriorating relationship. Attempts were not clustered in recent months. Men with a history of threatened or attempted suicide were shown to have been more violent at the index offense and greater domestic violence severity overall, potentially indicating a subsample of more severely partner-violent men also at particularly heightened risk for suicide. The study of suicidal behavior in partner-violent men may inform the prevention of suicide and severe domestic violence.

Language: en