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Acknowledgements

This overvie w was developed as part of th e study

commissioned by the European Ins titute for Gender

Equality (EIGE) o n risk assessment by police of inti -

mate partn er violence against w omen. The report

was prepared by the Ist ituto per la Ricerca Social e

(IRS) and the Mediterranean Institute of Gender St ud-

ies (MIGS) in close cooperation with colleagues from

EIGE, including Diogo Costa , Anke Gittenaer, Sofia Ja-

mal, Carmen Lopez, Jurgi ta Peciuriene, Cristina Fabre

Rosell, Vasiliki Saini, Jennifer Stewart, Erika Toivonen

and Katarz yna Wolska-Wrona. EIGEs gender-based

violence programme would also like to thank other

colleagues for their intellectual contributions, admin-

istrative support and encouragement.

The main authors of this report are Susana Pavlou,

senior researcher from MIGS, and Marsha Scott, sen-

ior researcher from IRS. Other contributors involved

from IRS/MIGS were Flavia Pesce, Elena Ferrari and

Daniela Loi.

This overview is accompanied by A guide to risk asses s-

ment and risk management of intimate pa rtner violence

against women for police.

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