When violent behavior enters a courtroom—or the court of public opinion—should the relationship between the two people alter the consequence?
If a total stranger assaults or strangles someone on the street, how quickly does society demand intervention and legal consequences?
Now imagine that exact same physical act occurs—but the two people are married, dating, or related. Does our expectation of justice stay the same, or does the relationship label change how we evaluate the danger? Do we measure harm differently depending on who caused it?
To examine how we process harm, accountability, and the “familiarity factor,” I’ve put together a brief, 7-question thought experiment survey.
Responses are 100% anonymous.
It takes less than two minutes to complete.
Share Your Perspective, take the survey!
Why Your Answers Matter
This survey explores the core premise of The Stranger Effect: what happens when we temporarily strip away the relationship label to see behavior and lethal risk for what it truly is?
I will use your responses to analyze and publish an in-depth breakdown of the findings alongside legal realities, behavioral conditioning, and what the data reveals about how our systems evaluate danger.
Thank you for contributing your voice to this research.
Tags: Domestic Violence, Coercive Control, Advocacy, Bystander Intervention, Risk Assessment