Citation

Strand SJM, Storey JE. Violence Against Women 2019; 25(2): 188-207.

Affiliation

Royal Holloway, University of London, Egham, UK.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/1077801218766611

PMID

29623774

Abstract

This study compared the severity of intimate partner violence (IPV) and the relationship between risk factors for IPV and overall risk judgments of future IPV in urban, rural, and remote areas. IPV risk assessments conducted by the Swedish police between 2010 and 2014 in urban ( n = 564), rural ( n = 456), and remote ( n = 196) areas were examined. Rurality was associated with the severity of IPV reported, as well as the presence of risk factors and their relationship to overall risk judgments. Cases in remote areas included more severe IPV as well as more risk factors.

Language: en

Keywords

and remote areas; intimate partner violence; risk factors; rural; urban