%0 Journal Article
%T Freeing Oneself From Intimate Partner Violence: A Follow
%A Laura Pomicino
%A Lucia Beltramini
%A Patrizia Romito
%J Violence Against Women
%@ 1552-8448
%D 2019
%R 10.1177/1077801218802641
%X This study examines the situation of women (N = 124) who had presented themselves to an anti-violence center in Italy in the previous 3-5 years. At follow-up, 37.3% had no contact with the perpetrator, 22.7% had stayed with him, and 39.8% had ¡°forced¡± contact. Almost half of the sample was still subjected to intimate partner violence (IPV). Compared to women with ¡°no contact,¡± the risk of IPV was 5.9 times higher for women who stayed with the perpetrator, and 10.5 times higher for women with ¡°forced¡± contact. These results confirm that ending IPV does not depend exclusively on women¡¯s choices
%K intimate partner violence
%K psychological violence
%K anti-violence center
%K contacts with the perpetrator
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1077801218802641