Lethality Scale

Are you ore someone you love in danger of being seriously injured or killed?  It is difficult to know what kind of danger you or someone you love are in when exposed to someone who has previously been abusive. The checklist below is sometimes used as a guideline. Each category of behavior is indicative of risk for further abuse. The more that are present in a relationship, the higher risk for the woman or man in the relationship.

Remember, between 40% to 60% of all women who are killed, die at the hands of a former or current partner who abused them. Obviously, that means that the other half were not known to be abuse victims. But, you can prevent unnecessary deaths or serious injuries by taking precautions if some of these factors are present in your relationship or that of someone you love!
 

Take the Lethality Scale. 

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These factors are not in a particular order of seriousness but have been found in various empirical studies of escalating domestic violence. They were first published in (Walker, L.E.A. (1994). Survivor Therapy Workbook on Assessment and Intervention. Endolor Publications: Denver, CO.