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Risky Relationships? Assortative Mating and Women’s Experiences of Intimate Partner Violence

¹ University of Missouri–St. Louis
² University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada

^* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: carbonelopezk{at}umsl.edu.

	Abstract

Research indicates that female offenders are far more likely to have experienced intimate partner violence than women in the general population. Despite extensive research on women’s pathways into offending, very little is known about why these women are at increased risk for partner violence. The authors use data from a sample of incarcerated women to explore various explanations for this association, paying particular attention to assortative mating patterns and the role of lifestyle. Findings indicate that, net of other risk factors, relationships with criminally involved partners increase women’s risks of victimization. Such findings have implications for assortative mating theory, the study of female offenders, and studies of the community-level impact of incarceration.

First published on May 4, 2009
Crime & Delinquency 2009, doi:10.1177/0011128709333727


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