It’s established that a high-risk offender, is an individual who attacks their partner as many as sixty times per year, rather than a really low number, such as five. On a side note, I hold these attacks to not necessarily be limited to being physical, I think that assaults at a mental level or economic one are just as important. In unveiling high-risk offenders there are two criterions: Criterion A- the perpetrator will initiate three or more cases of violence per year, Criterion B- the offender threatens the partner with a weapon and uses death threats. Some traits of a high-risk offender may include: highly controlling, the feeling of being justified for attacking their partner, forcing sex on their partner, and the use of violence and/or threats against pets. The distinction between a high-risk offender and a low-risk offender is the predictability of intimate partner abuse, which is assumed to occur through the use of past acts of abuse. Therefore, Sam who often attacks, rapes, isolates, and threatens Beth can be regarded as a high-risk offender; because there is a pattern of behavior that is predictable; as it is …show more content…
Family-only offenders are the least abusive type of offenders, are believed to have been exposed to domestic violence, have low levels of negative emotions, marital conflict, and psychological abuse, they also regard their relationship as the best out of all the typologies of violent men. Borderline offenders are a moderation of both family-only and antisocial offenders, they have negative/sexist attitudes towards women, are believed to be abused as a child and be rejected by a parent, have little to no remorse, lack in communication skills, often engage violence at home; and rarely outside of the house. Antisocial offenders are the extreme of the types of violent men, they are usually severely abused as a child, are aggressive, highly deficient in their communication/social skills, have anti-social behavior, view violence as normal behavior, uphold the gender roles more severely than any other offender. Considering the characteristics associated with the types of violent men, I would have regard Sam as a Borderline offender. From what Beth’s story, there isn’t much on whether Sam was abused as a child or if it was severed, however, many of the features of a Borderline offender fit Sam well. While, the traits among the types of violent men are usually similar the intensity varies; among other