Table 2:

The frequencies of certain characteristics of the perpetrators and the victims examined in the study (* – data for IP group; ** – data present for 305 cases (data lacking for 1 IP case and 17 PPVC cases))

Perpetrator’s characteristics	Number of cases (%)
Perpetrators’ lack of regret	208 (64.4)
Perpetrators’ justification of the act	155 (48)
Perpetrators’ lack of confession	139 (43)
History of perpetrator being violated as a sense of perpetrator	101 (31.3)
History of perpetrator being violated if asked was he/she ever been beaten by a member of family	274 (84.8)
History of perpetrator being witness of domestic violence during childhood**	169 (55.4)
Other violent criminal history of perpetrators	122 (37.8)
Victim’s characteristics	Number of cases (%)
Victims’ predictions of future harm	205 (63.5)
Previous attempts at leaving the batterer*	65 (27.4)
Suicidal thoughts of the victim	26 (8)