17 | Obsessive behavior displayed by perpetrator | Any actions or behaviours by the perpetrator that indicate an intense preoccupation with the victim. For example, stalking behaviours, such as following the victim, spying on the victim, making repeated phone calls to the victim, or excessive gift giving, and so on |
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18 | Failure to comply with authority | The perpetrator has violated any family, civil, or criminal court orders, conditional releases, community supervision orders, or “No Contact” orders, and so on This includes bail, probation, or restraining orders, and bonds, and so on |
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19 | Sexual jealousy | The perpetrator continuously accuses the victim of infidelity, repeatedly interrogates the victim, searches for evidence, tests the victim’s fidelity, and sometimes stalks the victim. |
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20 | Misogynistic attitudes – perpetrator | Hating or having a strong prejudice against women. This attitude can be overtly expressed with hate statements, or can be more subtle with beliefs that women are only good for domestic work or that all women are “whores.” |
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21 | Prior destruction or deprivation of victim’s property | Any incident in which the perpetrator intended to damage any form of property that was owned, or partially owned, by the victim or formerly owned by the perpetrator. This could include slashing the tires of the car that the victim uses. It could also include breaking windows or throwing items at a place of residence. Please include any incident, regardless of charges being laid or those resulting in convictions. |
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22 | History of violence outside of the family by perpetrator | Any actual or attempted assault on any person who is not, or has not been, in an intimate relationship with the perpetrator. This could include friends, acquaintances, or strangers. This incident did not have to necessarily result in charges or convictions and can be verified by any record (for example, police reports; medical records) or witness (for example, family members; friends; neighbours; co-workers; counsellors; medical personnel, and so on). |
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23 | History of domestic violence - Previous partners | Any actual, attempted, or threatened abuse/maltreatment (physical; emotional; psychological; financial; sexual, and so on) toward a person who has been in an intimate relationship with the perpetrator. This incident did not have to necessarily result in charges or convictions and can be verified by any record (for example, police reports; medical records) or witness (for example, family members; friends; neighbours; co-workers; counsellors; medical personnel, and so on). It could be as simple as a neighbour hearing the perpetrator screaming at the victim or include a co-worker noticing bruises consistent with physical abuse on the victim while at work. |
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24 | History of domestic violence - Current partner/victim | Any actual, attempted, or threatened abuse/maltreatment (physical; emotional; psychological; financial; sexual, and so on) toward a person who is in an intimate relationship with the perpetrator. This incident did not have to necessarily result in charges or convictions and can be verified by any record (for example, police reports; medical records) or witness (for example, family members; friends; neighbours; co-workers; counsellors; medical personnel, and so on). It could be as simple as a neighbour hearing the perpetrator screaming at the victim or include a co-worker noticing bruises consistent with physical abuse on the victim while at work. |
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25 | Prior threats to kill victim | Any comment made to the victim, or others, that was intended to instill fear for the safety of the victim’s life. These comments could have been delivered verbally, in the form of a letter, or left on an answering machine. Threats can range in degree of explicitness from “I’m going to kill you” to “You’re going to pay for what you did” or “If I can’t have you, then nobody can” or “I’m going to get you.” |
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26 | Prior threats with a weapon | Any incident in which the perpetrator threatened to use a weapon (such as a gun; knife; and so on) or other object intended to be used as a weapon (such as a bat, branch, garden tool, vehicle, and so on) for the purpose of instilling fear in the victim. This threat could have been explicit (such as “I’m going to shoot you” or “I’m going to run you over with my car”) or implicit (such as brandished a knife at the victim or commented “I bought a gun today”). Note: This item is separate from threats using body parts (for example, raising a fist). |
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27 | Prior assault with a weapon | Any actual or attempted assault on the victim in which a weapon (such as a gun; knife; and so on), or other object intended to be used as a weapon (such as a bat, branch, garden tool, vehicle, and so on), was used. Note: This item is separate from violence inflicted using body parts (such as fists, feet, elbows, head, and so on). |
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28 | Prior attempts to isolate the victim | Any non-physical behaviour, whether successful or not, that was intended to keep the victim from associating with others. The perpetrator could have used various psychological tactics (for example, guilt trips) to discourage the victim from associating with family, friends, or other acquaintances in the community (such as “if you leave, then don’t even think about coming back” or “I never like it when your parents come over” or “I’m leaving if you invite your friends here”). |
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29 | Controlled most or all of victim’s daily activities | Any actual or attempted behaviour on the part of the perpetrator, whether successful or not, intended to exert full power over the victim. For example, when the victim was allowed in public, the perpetrator made her account for where she was at all times and who she was with. Another example could include not allowing the victim to have control over any finances (such as giving her an allowance, not letting get a job, and so on). |
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30 | Prior hostage-taking and/or forcible confinement | Any actual or attempted behaviour, whether successful or not, in which the perpetrator physically attempted to limit the mobility of the victim. For example, any incidents of forcible confinement (such as locking the victim in a room) or not allowing the victim to use the telephone (such as unplugging the phone when the victim attempted to use it). Attempts to withhold access to transportation should also be included (for example, taking or hiding car keys). The perpetrator may have used violence (such as grabbing; hitting; and so on) to gain compliance or may have been passive (such as stood in the way of an exit). |
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31 | Prior forced sexual acts and/or assaults during sex | Any actual, attempted, or threatened behaviour, whether successful or not, used to engage the victim in sexual acts (of whatever kind) against the victim’s will. Or any assault on the victim, of whatever kind (for example, biting; scratching, punching, choking, and so on), during the course of any sexual act. |
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32 | Choked/strangled victim in past | Any attempt (separate from the incident leading to death) to strangle the victim. The perpetrator could have used various things to accomplish this task (such as hands, arms, rope, and so on). Note: Do not include attempts to smother the victim (such as suffocation with a pillow). |
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33 | Prior violence against family pets | Any action directed toward a pet of the victim, or a former pet of the perpetrator, with the intention of causing distress to the victim or instilling fear in the victim. This could range in severity from killing the victim’s pet to abducting it or torturing it. Do not confuse this factor with correcting a pet for its undesirable behaviour. |
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34 | Prior assault on victim while pregnant | Any actual or attempted form physical violence, ranging in severity from a push or slap to the face, to punching or kicking the victim in the stomach. The key difference with this item is that the victim was pregnant at the time of the assault and the perpetrator was aware of this fact. |
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35 | Escalation of violence | The abuse/maltreatment (physical; psychological; emotional; sexual; and so on) inflicted upon the victim by the perpetrator was increasing in frequency and/or severity. For example, this can be evidenced by more regular trips for medical attention or include an increase in complaints of abuse to/by family, friends, or other acquaintances. |
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36 | Perpetrator threatened and/or harmed children | Any actual, attempted, or threatened abuse/maltreatment (physical; emotional; psychological; financial; sexual; and so on) towards children in the family. This incident did not have to necessarily result in charges or convictions and can be verified by any record (for example, police reports; medical records) or witness (for example, family; friends; neighbours; co-workers; counselors; medical personnel, and so on). |
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37 | Extreme minimization and/or denial of spousal assault history: | At some point the perpetrator was confronted, either by the victim, a family member, friend, or other acquaintance, and the perpetrator displayed an unwillingness to end assaultive behaviour or enter/comply with any form of treatment (such as batterer intervention programs). Or the perpetrator denied many or all past assaults, denied personal responsibility for the assaults (meaning blamed the victim), or denied the serious consequences of the assault (such as she wasn’t really hurt). |
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