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Summary
Severe intimate partner violence (SIPV) perpetration among female and male Navy personnel during the year before enlistment and the second year of service was examined. A longitudinal design was implemented in which 542 female and 421 male Navy personnel completed four assessments over a period of two years. Overall more reported SIPV perpetration after two years of service than during the year before service (14%, compared with a pre-military rate of 11%).
Citation
Merrill, L. L., Crouch, J. L., Thomsen, C. J., Guimond, J., & Milner, J. S. (2005). Perpetration of Severe Intimate Partner Violence: Premilitary and Second Year of Service Rates.. Military Medicine, 170, 705-09.