TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2001//
TI  - Batterers stalking patterns
JO  - Journal of family violence
A1  - Baker, Timothy
A1  - Harner, Holly
A1  - Burgess, Ann W.
A1  - Lole, Christopher
A1  - Hartman, Carol R.
SP  - 309
EP  - 321
VL  - 16
IS  - 3
N2  - This clinically based study asked 165 batterers attending a court-mandated assessment program to quantify a series of behaviors that occurred since being convicted of battering. The behaviors clustered into 2 factors: (1) an Ambivalent Contact Pattern whereby behaviors of batterers were associated with contacting their ex-partner, sending gifts and letters, and watching her without her knowing while harboring conflicting feelings of love, hate, and anger; and (2) a Predatory Contact Pattern whereby the behaviors of batterers were associated with hang up calls, entering her home without permission, threatening or physically causing harm to her while harboring a propensity for abusiveness. Clinicians should assess batterers for predatory thoughts about the estranged partner, and reason for the contact since separation. Presence of stalking behaviors and predatory fantasy is a window to determine repetitive and escalating domestic violence.<p />
LA  - en
SN  - 0885-7482
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1011142400853
ID  - ref1
ER  -