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Witness to violence in the childhood household Personality type: needy, dependent, nonassertive, low self-esteem, inadequate feelings Pathological jealousy Abuse of alcohol or drugs Excessive concern with outward appearance Degrading attitude toward women Unable to resolve conflict using mature mechanisms Type of Batterer Description Family-only Fifty percent of all batterers Violence precipitated by misinterpretation of social cues Violence limited to extreme frustration No history of psychopathy, criminal records, severe mental disorder, or drug or alcohol abuse Dysphoric Twenty-five percent of all batterers Is emotionally volatile Abuses drugs and alcohol Violent Twenty-five percent of all batterers Has antisocial personality disorder and psychopathy Has a criminal record Has a severe mental disorder Abuses drugs and alcohol Past assault of family members Past assault of strangers or acquaintances Past violation of conditional release or community supervision Recent relationship problems Recent employment problems Victim of or witness to child abuse Recent substance abuse or dependence Recent suicidal or homicidal ideation Recent psychotic or manic symptoms Personality disorder Past physical assault Past sexual assault or sexual jealousy Past use of weapons or credible threats of death Recent escalation in frequency or severity of assault Past violation of no-contact orders Extreme minimization or denial of spousal assault history Attitudes that support or condone spousal assault Severe or sexual assault Use of weapons or credible threats Violation of no-contact order Prior violence against wife or children Prior nondomestic incident Prior custodial sentence Failure on prior conditional release Threat to harm or kill at index assault Confinement of the partner at the index offense Victim concern More than one child (from perpetrator or victim) Victim has biological child from previous partner Violence against others Substance abuse history Assault on victim when pregnant Barriers to victim support
