Victim-Offender Typology (includes characteristics)This document will cover intimate partner violence, intimate partner homicide, how gender plays a role in these types of situations, how the media portrays the victim when reporting cases of IPV, teen dating violence, risk factors, and differences between stranger homicide and intimate partner homicide. Intimate partner violence (IPV) is defined as “any behavior within an intimate relationship that causes physical, psychological, or sexual harm to those involved in the relationship” (Wong & Mellor, 2014, p. 170). Wong and Mellor (2014) provide some statistics on IPV in women which include the following: 10% and 69% of women reported experiencing physical abuse by an intimate partner, 8.6% experienced abuse physical abuse, 12.5% ​​experienced emotional abuse, and 57% experienced physical, sexual, and emotional abuse. Barnett, Miller-Perrin, and Perrin (2011) define teen dating violence (TDV) as “physical, sexual, or psychological violence within a dating relationship. Physical abuse occurs when a teenager is pinched, hit, pushed, or kicked. Emotional abuse threatens a teen or damages his or her sense of self-worth. Sexual abuse involves forcing an adolescent to perform a sexual act (e.g., fondling and rape)” (p. 283). Intimate partner homicide (IPH) as defined by Gannoni and Cussen (2014) “incidents in which the victim and offender are current or former intimate partners” (p. 2). The types of relationships in which intimate partner homicide can occur include the following spouse (current, separated, and divorced), extramarital lover/ex-lover, girlfriend/boyfriend (current and ex), and same-sex relationships (includes current and ex) ( Gannoni and Cussen, 2014). Some reasons that have been given by men and women for...... middle of paper...... study. Retrieved from https://ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/grants/242775.pdfSharps, P.W., Koziol-McLain, J., Campbell, J.C., McFarlane, J., Sachs, C.J., & Xu, X. (2001) . Missed opportunities by health workers to prevent femicide. Preventive Medicine, 33, 373–380. Thompson, S. J., Bendre, K., Lantry, J., & Flynn, P. M. (2007). Engagement in treatment: Building a therapeutic alliance in home treatment with adolescents and their families, Contemporary Family Therapy, 29 (2), 39 – 55. Wiltsey, M. T. (2008). Risk factors for intimate partner homicide. (Order No. AAI3295962, Dissertation Abstracts International: Section B: The Sciences and Engineering, 661. Wong, J., & Mellor, D. (2014). Intimate partner violence and women's health and well-being: impacts, risk factors and responses. Contemporary nursing: a journal for the Australian nursing profession, 46(2), 170-179.