Intimate partner violence occurs when either physical, sexual, psychological, or emotional violence is committed by one or both partners that are in an intimate relationship, an intimate relationship being people who are married, unmarried and co-habitating, or dating (Garner & Black, 2009). Both social learning and self-control theories have to been used to analyze what causes a person to use intimate partner violence. Intimate partner violence can also be analyzed by using either longitudinal or cross-sectional method, which each offer their own advantages of analyzation. Intimate partner violence can be assessed through prosecutorial decision making. The purpose of this paper is to analyze intimate partner violence through theory, method,
