ABSTRACT
The methodology of this study is explained, including the data collection process. Beginning with the Florida Department of Law Enforcement Uniform Crime Report-Supplemental Homicide Report Data collection, heterosexual spousal homicide data were collected for the periods of January 1, 2006, to June 30, 2016. From there, local law enforcement agency data were collected to ascertain the names of the individuals involved in the intimate partner homicides (IPHs). Finally, additional local law enforcement agency data and petitions for injunction data from local Florida county courthouses were collected for the final phase of the study's data collection process. For further explanation of the importance of the data and its uniqueness, a comparison of studies is provided, reviewing other IPH studies and their data collection and methodological processes. The theoretical implications of intimate partner violence (IPV) and IPH are discussed as well. Black's Theory of the Behavior of Law is explained, especially as it pertains intimates and the mobilization of law. Bellew's (2005) viewpoint of IPV victim's mobilization of the civil court system is also discussed.
