- Description
The U.S. Department of Justice has found that women are far more likely to be the victims of violent crimes committed by intimate partners than men, especially when a weapon is involved. Moreover, women are much more likely to be victimized at home than in any other place.
This study provides a stark reminder that domestic violence and guns make a deadly combination. According to reports submitted to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), firearms are rarely used to kill criminals or stop crimes. Instead, they are all too often used to inflict harm on the very people they were intended to protect.
- Published by
- Violence Policy Center
- Funded by
- Joyce Foundation
- Issue areas
- Crime and Safety
- Women
- Document type
- Report/Whitepaper
- Geography
- North America / United States
- North America / United States (Northeastern) / Vermont
- North America / United States (Southern) / Arkansas
- North America / United States (Southern) / Georgia
- North America / United States (Southern) / Louisiana
- North America / United States (Southern) / South Carolina
- North America / United States (Southern) / Tennessee
- North America / United States (Southwestern) / Arizona
- North America / United States (Southwestern) / Nevada
- North America / United States (Western) / Alaska
- North America / United States (Western) / Montana
- Copyright
- Copyright September 2019 Violence Policy Center.
- What to read next
- Gun Laws and Violence Against Women
- When Men Murder Women: An Analysis of 2010 Homicide Data
- When Men Murder Women: An Analysis of 2013 Homicide Data
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- Title
- When Men Murder Women: An Analysis of 2017 Homicide Data
- Publication date
- 2019-09-01
- Publication year
- 2019
- Copyright holder(s)
- Violence Policy Center
- Geographical focus
- North America / United States, North America / United States (Northeastern) / Vermont, North America / United States (Southern) / Georgia, North America / United States (Southern) / Louisiana, North America / United States (Southern) / South Carolina, North America / United States (Southern) / Tennessee, North America / United States (Southwestern) / Arizona, North America / United States (Southwestern) / Nevada, North America / United States (Western) / Alaska, North America / United States (Southern) / Arkansas, North America / United States (Western) / Montana
- Keywords
- victims, female victims, offender, homicide victims, MEN MURDER
- Document type
- Report/Whitepaper
- URL
- https://gunviolence.issuelab.org/resource/when-men-murder-women-an-analysis-of-2017-homicide-data.html
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- Issue Lab