While the study of repeat victimization has lead to §greater understanding and better prevention of §crimes such as burglary, robbery, and vehicle theft, §repeat victimization as it relates to intimate §partner violence has received less empirical §attention. This study further examines the §phenomenon of repeat victimization by assessing the §nature and extent of repeat intimate partner §violence in one U.S. city. Police records (i.e. §incident reports and calls for service data) were §used to identify repeat victims of intimate partner §violence, assess the correlates and time course of §repeat victimization, and determine the extent to §which repeat victimization contributed to the §incidence of intimate partner violence. Detective §interviews and field observations were also §conducted to provide further insight on how cases §involving repeat victims were processed by police, §and how this process could be improved to better §measure repeat victimization and meet the needs of §victims.