Female Victims of Violence

October 1, 2009 06:38

Female Victims of Violence
Source: Bureau of Justice Statistics

Highlights include the following:

• In 2008 the rate of intimate partner victimizations for females was 4.3 victimizations per 1,000 females age 12 or older. The equivalent rate of intimate partner violence against males was 0.8 victimizations per 1,000 males age 12 or older.
  The rate of intimate partner violence against females declined 53% between 1993 and 2008, from 9.4 victimizations per 1,000 females age 12 or older to 4.3 per 1,000. Against males, the rate declined 54%, from 1.8 victimizations per 1,000 males age 12 or older to 0.8 per 1,000.

• Between 1993 and 2007 the overall rate of female homicides fell 43% from 4.18 to 2.38 homicides per 100,000 female U.S. residents.

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Category:

• Crime
• Gender and sexuality
• Social and cultural issues

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Source:

• Bureau of Justice Statistics

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