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The section is broken down into three sub-sections: National, Specific Populations, and State-Specific. Interestingly, only 10 percent of total murders in the U.S. This section includes several reports and other website resources providing the most current data and analyses available on the prevalence and incidence of intimate partner violence, with special focus on homicides/femicides. In fact, nearly 20 percent of all serial homicides in the U.S.

Therefore, the available data can be a valuable tool to aid advocates in their continuous efforts, including policy change, fundraising, community organizing, and public education. Another helpful resource is Domestic Violence Turning Points, offering A Nonviolence Curriculum for Women who use both legal and illegal violence against their partners.ĭata on intimate partner homicide provides a glaring picture of the magnitude and devastating toll that intimate partner violence can take. For more information about battered women who use violence, contact the National Clearinghouse for the Defense of Battered Women, a partner of the Battered Women's Justice Project, or see additional resources on VAWnet related to Women Who Use Force/Self Defense. For victims who knew their offenders, 62 were wives, common-law wives, ex-wives, or girlfriends of the offenders (Violence Policy Center, 2015). There is reason to believe that the motivation for female perpetrated crimes may be self-defense or retaliation, as the majority of women who use violence against their male partners are battered themselves (Das Dasgupta, 2001). I think safety is always at the forefront of our minds and when we read about serial killers, murderers, true crime cases, I think theres always an. In recent years, about 4.9% of male murder victims were killed by an intimate partner ( Cooper & Smith, 2011). Men can also be victims of intimate partner homicide. For victims who knew their offenders, 62% were wives, common-law wives, ex-wives, or girlfriends of the offenders ( Violence Policy Center, 2015). In 2013, fifteen (15) times as many females were murdered by a male they knew than were killed by male strangers.

Approximately 2 out of 5 female murder victims are killed by an intimate partner ( Cooper & Smith, 2011). In fact, available research shows that women are more likely to be killed by an intimate partner (husband, boyfriend, same-sex partner, or ex) than by anyone else ( Catalano, 2013 Violence Policy Center, 2015). Of these, 1,904 were white, 1,440 were Black, and 470. In 2020, 3,573 murder victims in the United States were female. From 1980 to 2008, nearly 1 out of 5 murder victims were killed by an intimate partner ( Cooper & Smith, 2011). Murder in the U.S.: number of victims in 2020, by race/ethnicity and gender.