A Handful of States Fueled a National Increase in Domestic Violence Shooting Deaths as COVID-19 Spread
PBS - 06/02/2021
A 2017 Centers for Disease Control study found that nearly half of female homicide victims were killed by a current or former male partner. Overall, 23.% of all American killings from 2010 to 2019 were domestic homicides, more than half of which involved shootings, according to CDC statistics and data compiled by Northeastern University criminologist James Fox.
A 2017 Centers for Disease Control study found that nearly half of female homicide victims were killed by a current or former male partner. Overall, 23.% of all American killings from 2010 to 2019 were domestic homicides, more than half of which involved shootings, according to CDC statistics and data compiled by Northeastern University criminologist James Fox.