Glossary of terms

• Author: European Institute for Gender Equality (EU body or agency)
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Glossary of terms

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Risk assessment and management of intimate partner violence in the EU

Glossary of terms

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(2) Council of Europe (CoE) (2011), Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence, and its explanatory memorandum,

Council of Europe Treaty Series No 210.

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(7) The free dictionary by Farlex. Available at: https://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/probation

Coercive control

A strategic course of oppressive conduct that

is typically charac terised by frequent … physical

abuse and sexual coercion in combination with

tactics to intimidate, degrade, isolate and control

victims (1).

Gender-based violence

Any form of violence that is direc ted against

a woman because she is a woman or that affects

women disproportionately. It includes all acts of

violence against women that result in, or are like-

ly to result in, physical, sexual, psychological or

economic harm or suffering to women, including

threats of such acts, coercion or arbitrary depri-

vation of libert y, whether occurring in public or in

private life (2).

Intersectionality

An analytical tool for studying, understanding

and responding to the ways in which sex and gen-

der intersect with other personal characteristics /

identities, and how these intersections contrib -

ute to unique experiences of discrimination (3).

Intimate partner violence

Any act of physical, sexual, psychological or eco-

nomic violence that occurs between former or

current spouses or partners, whether or not the

perpetrator shares or has shared a residence

with the victim (4).

Multiagency cooperation

Effective coordination of actions among relevant

actors playing a role in preventing and combat-

ing violence against women, including the judi-

ciary, public prosecutors, law-enforcement agen-

cies, and local and regional authorities, as well as

non-governmental organisations and other rele-

vant organisations and entities.

Perpetrator

A person who deliberately uses violent and abu-

sive behaviour to control their partner or former

partner, whether or not they have been charged,

prosecuted or convicted (5).

Predictive validity

In evaluating the accuracy of risk assessment,

studies typically assess the predictive validity of

a risk assessment tool. Predictive validity (or ac-

curacy) refers to the ability of an instrument to

correctly assess the likelihood of violence or re-

cidivism (6).

Probation

Period of supervision over a perpetrator, ordered

by the court, instead of the perpetrator serving

time in prison (7).

Protection order

A fast legal remedy to protect people at risk of

any form of violence by prohibiting, restraining or

prescribing certain behaviour by the perpetrator.

Any order should take effect immediately after it

has been issued and must be available without

lengthy court proceedings National protection

measures can be of civil, criminal or administra-

tive law in nature and their duration, scope and