@article{ref1,
title="Intimate partner violence in same-sex relationships: an analysis of risk and rearrest",
journal="Criminal justice and behavior",
year="2019",
author="Gerstenberger, Caryn Bell and Stansfield, Richard and Williams, Kirk R.",
volume="46",
number="11",
pages="1515-1527",
abstract="Research on intimate partner violence (IPV) among same-sex couples remains relatively rare. Moreover, few studies examine risk and the likelihood of reoffending among such couples. The present study utilized a large sample of people (N = 6,711) arrested for IPV to explore the risk, likelihood, and timing of reoffending, including 332 perpetrators in same-sex relationships. Analyses revealed that male perpetrators in same-sex relationships had lower assessed risk than males in heterosexual relationships, and a smaller percentage were rearrested for a new violent offense. Although female perpetrators in same-sex relationships were no more likely to have higher assessed risk compared with perpetrators of female to male violence, female perpetrators in same-sex relationships had a higher likelihood and rate of reoffending, more closely resembling male-to-female violence. Female perpetrators with male victims were identified as the lowest risk to reoffend and indeed were the least likely to reoffend.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0093-8548",
doi="10.1177/0093854819871984",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0093854819871984"
}