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This study uses data from risk assessment forms from a random sample of cases of domestic violence reported to the police. An innovative latent trait model is used to test whether a cluster of risk factors associated with coercive control is most representative of the type of abuse that comes to the attention of the police. Factors associated with a course of coercive and controlling conduct, including perpetrators\u2019 threats, controlling behavior and sexual coercion, and victims\u2019 isolation and fear, had highest item loadings and were thus the most representative of the overall construct. Sub-lethal physical violence\u2014choking and use of weapons\u2014was also consistent with a course of controlling conduct. Whether a physical injury was sustained during the current incident, however, was not associated consistently either with the typical pattern of abuse or with other context-specific risk factors such as separation from the perpetrator. Implications for police practice and the design of risk assessment tools are discussed. We conclude that coercive control is the \u201cgolden thread\u201d running through risk identification and assessment for domestic violence and that risk assessment tools structured around coercive control can help police officers move beyond an \u201cincident-by-incident\u201d response and toward identifying the dangerous patterns of behavior that precede domestic homicide.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1177\/0886260516675464","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2016,11,2]],"date-time":"2016-11-02T20:11:17Z","timestamp":1478117477000},"page":"4477-4497","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/sage-journals-update-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":133,"title":["The \u201cGolden Thread\u201d: Coercive Control and Risk Assessment for Domestic Violence"],"prefix":"10.1177","volume":"34","author":[{"given":"Andy","family":"Myhill","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Policing, UK"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Katrin","family":"Hohl","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"City, University of London, UK"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"179","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2016,11,1]]},"reference":[{"key":"bibr1-0886260516675464","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1002\/9781119970583"},{"key":"bibr2-0886260516675464","first-page":"1","volume-title":"Intimate partner violence","author":"Bennett Cattaneo L.","year":"2007"},{"key":"bibr3-0886260516675464","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1037\/0033-2909.107.2.238"},{"key":"bibr4-0886260516675464","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1037\/0033-2909.88.3.588"},{"key":"bibr5-0886260516675464","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1097\/00012272-198607000-00006"},{"key":"bibr6-0886260516675464","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"136","DOI":"10.1017\/CBO9780511500015.009","volume-title":"Clinical assessment of dangerousness: Empirical contributions","author":"Campbell J.","year":"2000"},{"key":"bibr7-0886260516675464","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1177\/0886260508317180"},{"key":"bibr8-0886260516675464","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.2105\/AJPH.93.7.1089"},{"key":"bibr9-0886260516675464","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1093\/acprof:oso\/9780199914784.001.0001"},{"key":"bibr10-0886260516675464","unstructured":"Her Majesty\u2019s Inspectorate of Constabulary. 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