Table 2.

Evaluation of attitudes of Portuguese judges and victim support professionals about intimate partner homicide.

	Judges (N = 37)	Victim Support Professionals (N = 44)	U	p
	M (SD) Md (Mean Rank)	M (SD) Md (Mean Rank)
Risk factors for the occurrence of intimate partner homicide
13.Female victims of death threats are more likely to commit intimate partner homicide	2.33 (0.48)	2.46 (0.56)	364.000	0.318
	2 (27.67)	2 (31.60)
15.Women at higher risk of suffering intimate partner homicide	2.92 (0.50)	3.12 (0.83)	625.000	0.137
	3 (35.86)	3 (42.62)
19.Complaint as a risk factor for committing intimate partner homicide	2.31 (0.58)	2.67 (0.77)	491.500	0.023*
	2 (32.04)	3 (42.40)
23.Infidelity as a motivation to commit intimate partner homicide	1.63 (0.49)	1.46 (0.55)	479.000	0.141
	2 (43.40)	1 (36.15)
Profile of the female intimate partner homicide offender
3.Marital homicidal women pose a danger to society	2.15 (0.65)	1.56 (0.70)	379.000	0.000***
	2 (47.35)	1 (30.24)
5.Marital homicidal women tend to have a previous criminal record	1.81 (0.40)	1.65 (0.48)	483.000	0.152
	2 (37.42)	2 (32.05)
6.Marital homicidal women tend to be repeat offenders	1.73 (0.45)	1.71 (0.51)	658.500	0.808
	2 (38.05)	2 (37.06)
10.Victims of domestic violence with psychological problems are more likely to commit intimate partner homicide	2.48 (0.59)	2.51 (0.70)	385.500	0.761
	3 (28.76)	3 (29.99)
11.Women tend to not premeditate intimate partner homicide	2.40 (0.50)	2.82 (0.72)	272.500	0.015*
	2 (23.90)	3 (33.74)
22.Women use less physical force to kill	2.70 (0.47)	2.85 (0.56)	320.500	0.204	3 (25.93)	3 (30.29)
Criminal justice system response
2.Justice system protection reduces the risk of intimate partner homicide	3.09 (0.57)	3.26 (0.85)	523.000	0.133
	3 (32.85)	3 (39.59)
4.Victims of domestic violence who kill their abusers can be condemned for privileged homicide	2.90 (0.30)	3.00 (0.81)	403.500	0.260
	3 (28.95)	3 (32.98)
18.Domestic violence risk assessment instruments are effective in preventing intimate partner homicide	2.42 (0.62)	2.29 (0.73)	540.500	0.519
	2 (36.56)	2 (33.72)
24.Women should be more penalized than men for intimate partner homicide	1.36 (0.48)	1.21 (0.56)	615.500	0.063
	1 (43.40)	1 (36.15)
25.A previous history of domestic violence should constitute a mitigating factor in cases of intimate partner homicide	3.03 (0.65)	3.55 (0.50)	396.500	0.000***
	3 (29.51)	4 (45.07)

¹Scale from 1 (totally disagree) to 5 (totally agree), ^*p < 0.05;

^** p  < 0.01;

^***p < 0.001.