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Female Victims of Violent Crime


  Author: Diane Craven
Publisher: Bureau of Justice Statistics
Publication: Bureau of Justice Statistics Selected Findings
Document Date:                  December 1996
Category: Crime And Violence > Homicide
Related Categories:
Crime And Violence > Crime
Crime And Violence > Domestic Violence/Abuse
Crime And Violence > Spouse/Partner Abuse
Crime And Violence > Violence
 

This paper looks at women's experiences of fatal and non-fatal violence at the hands of intimate partners, friends, relatives, acquaintances and strangers.  It finds that women are generally more likely than men to be victimized by an intimate or acquaintance.

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