Current rates of intimate partner homicide of females are approximately 4 to 5 times the rate for male victims, although the rates for both have decreased during the past 25 years. The major risk factor for intimate partner homicide, no matter if a female or male...
Objectives This 11-city study sought to identify risk factors for femicide in abusive relationships. Methods Proxies of 220 intimate partner femicide victims identified from police or medical examiner records were interviewed, along with 343 abused control women....