Citation

Ornstein P, Rickne J. Violence Against Women 2013; 19(5): 617-633.

Affiliation

1Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2013, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/1077801213490560

PMID

23743350

Abstract

Over their lifetime, approximately 10% of all women become victims of postseparation stalking or assault. We use a nationally representative survey of separated Swedish women to examine whether men who strive to control their partners during their relationships are more likely to stalk or assault their ex-partners after separation. The empirical analysis shows that basic measures of control behaviors explain 18% of the variance in stalking victimization and 8% of the assault victimization. Moreover, the predictive values of our measures of control by far surpass those of other common risk markers included in the analysis.

Language: en