M6.1 Discussion: Offender Style and Tactics

M6.1 Discussion: Offender Style and Tactics Student’s Name Institution Course # and Name Professor’s Name Submission Date Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) is an aggression that affects a romantic relationship between former and current spouses and dating partners. It can range from a single episode of violence that affects the direction of a relationship to multiple episodes every time (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2022). Intimate violence involves psychological aggression, stalking, sexual violence, and physical violence. There are four typologies based on styles of violence, and they include tyrannical offender, exploder offender, sociopathic batterer, and antisocial batterer. High-risk offenders abuse their partner more than 60 times per year, whereas an offender who is not considered a high-risk batterer beats his partner approximately five times annually (Gosselin, 2019). Research on male offenders has also identified specific descriptors for identifying various forms of IPV. They entail controlling behavioral tendencies, usin...