Citation

McFarlane JM, Campbell JC, Wilt S, Sachs CJ, Ulrich Y, Xiao X. Homicide Stud. 1999; 3(4): 300-316.

Affiliation

Texas Woman's University; Johns Hopkins University; New York City Department of Health; University of California Los Angeles; University of Washington.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1999, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/1088767999003004003

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

An 18-item stalking inventory and personal interviews with knowledgeable proxy informants and victims of attempted femicide were used to describe the frequency and type of intimate partner stalking that occurred within 12 months of attempted and actual partner femicide. One hundred forty-one femicide and 65 attempted femicide incidents were evaluated. The prevalence of stalking was 76% for femicide victims and 85% for attempted femicide victims. Incidence of intimate partner assault was 67% for femicide victims and 71% for attempted femicide victims. A statistically significant association existed between intimate partner physical assault and stalking for femicide victims as well as attempted femicide victims. Stalking is revealed to be a correlate of lethal and near lethal violence against women and, coupled with physical assault, is significantly associated with murder and attempted murder. Stalking must be considered a risk factor for both femicide and attempted femicide, and abused women should be so advised.