Nevada #1 in Rate of Women Murdered by Men

[sam]

Thanks to Txfeminist for the heads up.

http://www.vpc.org/press/0709wmmw.htm

Nevada Ranks #1 in Rate of Women Murdered by Men According to VPC Study Released Each Year for Domestic Violence Awareness Month in October

WASHINGTON, DC—The Violence Policy Center (VPC) today released When Men Murder Women: An Analysis of 2005 Homicide Data. This annual report details national and state-by-state information on female homicides involving one female murder victim and one male offender. The VPC releases the study each year to coincide with Domestic Violence Awareness Month in October.

In 2005, according to the most recent data available from the Federal Bureau of Investigation's unpublished Supplementary Homicide Report, 1,858 females were murdered by males in single victim/single offender incidents. Where weapon use could be determined, firearms were the most common weapon used by males to murder females (887 of 1,713 homicides or 52 percent). Of these, 72 percent (637 of 887) were committed with handguns. In cases where it could be determined if the victim knew her offender, 62 percent of female homicide victims (976 of 1,574) were wives or intimate acquaintances of their killers.

Nevada ranks first in the nation in the rate of women killed by men. Ranked behind Nevada are: Alaska, Louisiana, New Mexico, Mississippi, Arkansas, South Carolina, Alabama, Tennessee, and Oklahoma (see chart below). Nationally, the rate of women killed by men in single victim/single offender instances was 1.32 per 100,000.

VPC Legislative Director Kristen Rand states, "These stark numbers should not only make people stop and remember the victims, but also raise awareness of the urgent need for intervention and prevention."

Rank, State, # Homicides, Rate/100,000

1. Nevada, 30, 2.53
2. Alaska, 8, 2.49
3. Louisiana, 50, 2.16
4. New Mexico, 21, 2.15
5. Mississippi, 30, 2.00
6. Arkansas, 28, 1.98
7. South Carolina, 43, 1.97
8. Alabama, 44, 1.88
9. Tennessee, 57, 1.87
10. Oklahoma, 33, 1.84


The Violence Policy Center is a national non-profit educational foundation that conducts research on violence in America and works to develop violence-reduction policies and proposals. The Center examines the role of firearms in America, conducts research on firearms violence, and explores new ways to decrease firearm-related death and injury.

[Evo]

Aside from the obvious implications regarding Nevada's legalized prostitution, I find it interesting that South Carolina also ranked in the top 10. South Carolina, as Gretchen pointed out in her introduction, is saturated with strip clubs, porn stores, etc.

I also found it interesting that when I compare this list to a Census list of states ranked by Native American/Native Alaskan population, many of the same states show up in the top 10. Domestic violence is a huge problem in Native American communities. Well, there are a lot of huge problems in Native American communities, but DV is a big one.

There was an article I found recently about domestic violence being a major cause of suicide among native women on the Rosebud Rez in SD. I've split the link:
http://news.aol.com/story/_a/violence-a ... ompts-many
/n20070901140309990007

I won't get into a long-winded thing here about the treatment of Native American peoples in this country, but I felt that article was interesting and somewhat relevant.

[bluecoat28]

I won't get into a long-winded thing here about the treatment of Native American peoples in this country, but I felt that article was interesting and somewhat relevant.

Glad you care about it... have you read Andrea Smith's Conquest (sexual violence and the american indian genocide)? I'm reading it right now. Sam, I will print out this article and hand it out to the people I'm meeting on Saturday (CEDAW ratification meeting--- some of us will speak to Senator Dodd about ratifying CEDAW).

[oneangrygirl]

and they're all republican states.