Carolyn Rebecca Block

TL;DR: There are identifiable risk factors for intimate partner femicides and they include perpetrator's access to a gun and previous threat with a weapon, perpetrator's stepchild in the home, and estrangement, especially from a controlling partner.

TL;DR: Results showNon-fatal strangulation as an important risk factor for homicide of women, underscoring the need to screen for non-f fatal strangulation when assessing abused women in emergency department settings.

TL;DR: A team of researchers studied the Danger Assessment and found that despite certain limitations, the tool can with some reliability identify women who may be at risk of being killed by an intimate partner as mentioned in this paper.

TL;DR: Two risk factors emerged that were unique to femicide-suicides cases compared to overall femicide risk analyses: prior perpetrator suicide threats and victims having ever been married to the perpetrator.