Examining Intimate Partner Violence-Related Fatalities: Past Lessons and Future Directions Using U.S. National Data.

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Purpose

Among homicides in the United States, intimate partners kill almost 50% of female and 10% of male victims. Intimate partner violence (IPV) also contributes to an estimated 6% of suicides. These trends suggest that opportunities for IPV interventions prior to the fatalities may have been missed. Thus, researchers must investigate the context and circumstances of IPV-related fatalities to inform effective prevention strategy development. There are two primary national fatality databases that can be used to examine such factors: the National Violent Death Reporting System (NVDRS, homicide and suicides); and the Uniform Crime Reporting-Supplementary Homicide Reports (UCR-SHR, homicides). These datasets include data on many IPV-related violent deaths but are limited by variation

SUBMITTER: AbiNader MA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9838333 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature