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The current literature and the existent risk assessment tools consider prior suicidal behaviour of the femicide perpetrator to be an important risk factor. The aim of this study is to identify to which extent previous suicidal markers in the perpetrator may be risk factors for femicide and recidivism in batterers in Spain. To that aim, 150 femicide cases from the Domestic Homicide Review study and 450 batterer control cases randomly chosen from the VioGén system were compared. Results show that suicidal markers were more likely to take place in femicide perpetrators than in batterers, even if they had a record of previous violence; more likely in reoffending batterers than in non-reoffending batterers; and more likely in femicide perpetrators with a record of violence than those with no record. No differences were found in the suicide attempt variable for the reoffending batterers and non-reoffending batterers comparison, nor for the femicide perpetrators with previous violence records and those with no records comparison. No differences were found either regarding suicide threats in the non-reoffending batterers and femicide perpetrators with no records of previous violence comparison. These results could help Law Enforcement Agencies to prevent deadly outcomes and the perpetrator’s recidivism. Additionally, these results enable experts to adjust intervention programmes for perpetrators and victims of domestic violence.
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