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The criminal career trajectories of domestic violence offenders

A number of studies have examined the so-called ‘cycle of abuse’, referring to the fluctuating patterns of violence and calm over time that are thought to characterise abusive relationships (eg Walker 2016). Research has also examined pathways into domestic violence offending—who starts offending and why (Chiodo et al. 2012; Lussier, Farrington & Moffitt 2009; Magdol et al. 1998). However, domestic violence research has historically neglected the broader longitudinal patterns of perpetrators’ criminal careers, and many of the longitudinal dimensions of domestic violence (eg offending frequency and versatility, patterns of escalation and de-escalation) remain poorly understood. Abstract |This study examines the officially recorded criminal careers of 2,076 domestic violence offenders and 9,925 non-domestic violence offenders in New South Wales in the 10 years following their first police proceeding.