Intimate Partner Violence Analysis

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During intimate partner relationships, power and control plays an important role. The abuser may use multiple tactics to control the victim’s movement, lifestyle, and even financial accounts. According to Richard Felson and Steven Messner, using control in any situation or even a relationship is to establish compliance and dominance in that relationship (2000). They also note that the feminist perspective views the violence that a man uses against a woman as a way to influence their partner’s current behavior and even future behavior (Felson & Messner ,2000). In intimate partner violence when an offender uses a threat against a victim it is because they are the most powerful in the relationship while the victim is the less powerful being