Low Self-Control, Opportunity, and Parenting: Risk Factors for Intimate Partner Violence on a University Campus

• In Event: The Broad Reach of Intimate Partner Violence Across Groups and its Consequences

Abstract

In a nationwide study recently conducted it states that approximately 13 percent of female college students have experienced at least one instance of intimate partner violence while in college (Cantor et al., 2015). Victimization research has begun to indicate that the level of self-control is an important risk factor. However, studies examining violence against women are very limited. (Partt et al., 2014) We attempt to remedy this deficiency by testing whether victims level of self-control, lifestyles, opportunities, previous victimization, and demographic characteristics, are significant predictors of intimate partner violence. Data for the study includes a survey administered to the entire student population of a Midwestern university with an enrollment of approximately 8,600 students. Analytic strategies include binary logistic regression analysis and discriminant analysis. Findings are discussed in light of criminological theory and policy recommendations

Authors

• Alysha Marie Ramirez, Northern Michigan University

• Kevin Waters, Northern Michigan University