Straus Suggests Two Criteria to Help Identify High-Risk Offender Cases

Straus suggests two criteria to help identify high-risk offender cases (Straus, 1993) : Criterion A -That the suspect initiated three or more instances of violence in the preceding year. Criterion B -That the suspect threatened a partner with ________ or verbally threatened to kill the partner.

A) throwing them out
B) economic abuse
C) rape
D) a weapon in hand