Women and families at risk : an overview -- Risk factors for domestic homicide -- The dynamics of murder-suicide in domestic situations -- The role of alcohol and other drugs in domestic homicide / Katherine van Wormer, Alissa Mallow, and Kelly Ward -- Issues of power and control in the death of a loved one / Kelly Ward and Carolyn A. Bradley -- Portraits of life in the aftermath of domestic homicide / Marilyn Peterson Armour -- Domestic homicide worldwide / Katherine van Wormer and Woochan S. Shim -- Response of the U.S. criminal justice system -- Personal narratives of women in prison for partner homicide -- Safety plans for the prevention of intimate homicide -- Work with dangerous battering men.