Measuring Intimate Partner Violence Victimization and Perpetration

A compendium of Assessment Tools. This compendium includes more than 20 scales. Untimate partner violence is a major public health problem, reflected by both its prevalence and negative consequences. Researchers and prevention specialists are working to identify the factors that place intimate partners at risk for being victimized by or perpetrating violence, to find out which interventions are working, and to design more effective prevention programs.