ARCHIVE: The CDC on Intimate Partner Violence
Originally published on Facebook, July 21st 2017. The article is from NPR, titled "CDC: Half of All Female Murder Victims Are Killed by Intimate Partners".
The CDC just released a really important new study. Reading makes me think about how violence are interconnected, even though we try to look at these tragedies in isolation. Now, we see that over 55% of female homicide victims died because of intimate partner violence. We also know that what perpetuators of terrorist attacks have most in common (more than religion or ideology) is a history of domestic violence. And yet there is little being done to restrict these aggressors' access to weapons or rehabilitate their violent tendencies. This is a serious public health issue and extends farther out than we may think. Some excerpts:
"Of slain women of reproductive age, about 15 percent were pregnant or had recently given birth; the CDC suggests more research to determine whether that is higher than the general population."
"The report was meant to find information that could help prevent such homicides — for example, by focusing programs on women who are at the highest risk of being killed."
"The report also analyzed the method of homicide — more than half involved firearms and 20 percent involved some sort of blade."
The CDC just released a really important new study. Reading makes me think about how violence are interconnected, even though we try to look at these tragedies in isolation. Now, we see that over 55% of female homicide victims died because of intimate partner violence. We also know that what perpetuators of terrorist attacks have most in common (more than religion or ideology) is a history of domestic violence. And yet there is little being done to restrict these aggressors' access to weapons or rehabilitate their violent tendencies. This is a serious public health issue and extends farther out than we may think. Some excerpts:
"Of slain women of reproductive age, about 15 percent were pregnant or had recently given birth; the CDC suggests more research to determine whether that is higher than the general population."
"The report was meant to find information that could help prevent such homicides — for example, by focusing programs on women who are at the highest risk of being killed."
"The report also analyzed the method of homicide — more than half involved firearms and 20 percent involved some sort of blade."
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