Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of contributors -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- PART 1 Moving the focus to perpetrators and their impact -- 1 Introduction: Why a focus on perpetrators of intimate partner sexual violence is essential -- 2 Talking to killers: What can they tell us about sexual assault as a risk factor for homicide? -- 3 Children's exposure to intimate partner sexual violence -- PART 2 Who are the perpetrators of intimate partner sexual violence? -- 4 The mindset of intimate partner sexual violence perpetrators: Motivations and myths -- 5 Intimate partner sexual violence perpetrators and entitlement -- 6 Perpetrators of intimate partner sexual violence: characteristics, motivations, and implications for assessment and intervention -- 7 What type of men sexually assault their partners, and why do women love them? Beyond stereotyping -- PART 3 Perpetrators' strategies for control -- 8 What intimate partner sexual violence looks like: Coercive methods of perpetrators -- 9 "But he didn't hit me": Living with a non-physical-battering sexual abuser -- 10 Lucky to be alive: A battering partner rapist -- 11 Perpetrators and reproductive coercion -- PART 4 How perpetrators are condoned: The social context of intimate partner sexual violence -- 12 The role of male peer support in intimate partner sexual violence perpetrators' offending -- 13 The role of adult pornography in intimate partner sexual violence perpetrators' offending -- 14 The court's response to intimate partner sexual violence perpetrators -- 15 Intimate partner sexual violence and family law -- 16 When intimate partner sexual violence intersects with faith traditions and practices -- PART 5 Community prevention and intervention with perpetrators -- 17 Addressing and combating intimate partner sexual violence