Table 4.

Risk Factors for Femicide in Intimate Partner Violence52

  • Perpetrator's access to gun

  • Perpetrator's previous threats with a weapon or threats to kill

  • Recent estrangement from a controlling partner

  • Worse incident of abuse triggered by victim leaving abuser for another partner or by abuser's jealousy

  • Perpetrator using illicit drugs

  • Perpetrators threats of suicide

  • Stalking behavior