Flying under and through the radar: Tactics used by intimate partner femicide perpetrators to evade interventions

2025/07/03 by Martín Hernán Di Marco, Dabney P. Evans · 1 voice
Social Sciences · #Intimate Partner and Family Violence #Homicide, Infanticide, and Child Abuse #Gender, Security, and Conflict

paper · doi:10.1016/j.ijlcj.2025.100767

openalex publication_date 2025/07/03 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28

Abstract

• Coercive control tactics were consistent across perpetrators in Latin America. • Evasion tactics ranged from isolation and gaslighting to body territorializing. • Early male peer support normalized aggression and helped perpetrators evade detection. • Prevention should focus on support systems and disrupting perpetrators' strategies. • Life history approaches offer nuanced data for crafting intervention strategies.

Citations

• Using thematic analysis in psychology
• Intimate Partner Femicide: Using Foucauldian Analysis to Track an Eight Stage Progression to Homicide

Discussions

• #femicide #NEWresearch #PerpetratorStrategies #BreakTheSilence Flying under and through the radar: Tactics used by intimate partner femicide perpetrators to evade interventions Martín Hernán Di Marc [bsky, 1 points, 1 comments]

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