Dr. Laurie Graham, Gail Betz, and colleagues published in Journal of Family Violence.
Assistant Professor Dr. Laurie Graham, Gail Betz, and colleagues recently published a scoping review that located and synthesized 60 research articles concerned with characteristics of child fatalities that occurred in the context of past or current intimate partner violence (IPV). Studies examined data from 23 countries and overall reported limited information concerning the circumstances of such fatalities. There were two main groups of children killed due to IPV: adolescents killed by an intimate partner and children killed by a parent or other caregiver. It was difficult to discern whether characteristics of people who kill a child in the context of IPV and other contextual details might be similar to or different from child fatalities that occur under different circumstances. This review highlighted that children die because of IPV, and though such fatalities are often difficult to predict, they are preventable. More research is needed concerning child fatalities that occur in the context of IPV to identify critical intervention points and strategies that will prevent child deaths.
Graham, L. M., Jun, H-J.,* Kim, J., Power, L., Devaney, J., Frederick, J., & Betz, G. (2024). Characteristics of child fatalities that occur in the context of current or past intimate partner violence: A scoping review. Journal of Family Violence. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10896-024-00713-z