The goal of the study is to present the reality of homicides committed by males against females in single victim/single offender incidents and reveal the role played by firearms in these deaths. [...] Percentage of homicides that were not related to the commission of any other felony, 202214 ■ Homicides not related to the commission of any other felony 90.2% ■ Homicides related to the commission of another felony Of the homicides not related to the commission of another felony, 58.2 percent (922 out of 1,585) involved arguments between the female victim and male offender. [...] In 2022, Black females accounted for 14.0 percent of the female population in the United States,20 while 32.7 percent of the females killed by males in single victim/single offender incidents where the race of the victim was known were Black (Figure 6).14 Figure 6. [...] Black percentage of United States female population20 (left figure); Black percentage of female homicide victims killed by males14 (right figure), 2022 14.0% 32.7% ■ Black ■ Rest of population ■ Black ■ Rest of population Age of Black Female Homicide Victims In 2022, for single female victim/single male offender homicides where the age of the victim was reported (749 homicides), 9.5 percent of Bla. [...] Percentage of homicides that were not related to the commission of any other felony, 202214 ■ Homicides not related to the commission of any other felony 93.0% ■ Homicides related to the commission of another felony Nearly two-thirds of non-felony related homicides (296 out of 478) involved arguments between the Black female victim and male offender and 75.3 percent (223 victims) were shot and kil.
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- OCTOBER 2024 1
- An Important Note About the Data 4
- SECTION ONE NATIONAL DATA 4
- Figure 1. Rate of females killed by males 1996 2022 4
- Age and Race of Female Homicide Victims 5
- Figure 2. Rate of females killed by males by race 1996 2022 5
- Victim to Offender Relationship 6
- Figure 3. Percentage of homicide victims killed by a male they knew 2022 6
- Female Homicide Victims and Weapons 6
- Figure 4. Percentage of females killed by males with a firearm 1996 2022 7
- Female Homicide Victims and Circumstance 7
- Figure 5. Percentage of homicides that were not related to the commission of any other felony 2022 7
- SECTION TWO BLACK FEMALES 8
- Figure 6. Black percentage of United States female population left figure Black percentage of female homicide victims killed by males right figure 2022 8
- Age of Black Female Homicide Victims 8
- Victim to Offender Relationship 8
- Figure 7. Percentage of Black female homicide victims killed by a male they knew 2022 9
- Black Female Homicide Victims and Weapons 9
- Figure 8. Percentage of Black females killed by males with a firearm 1998 2022 9
- Black Female Homicide Victims and Circumstance 10
- Figure 9. Percentage of homicides that were not related to the commission of any other felony 2022 10
- SECTION THREE LAWS THAT HELP PROTECT WOMEN FROM ABUSERS 11
- CONCLUSION 12
- APPENDIX ONE DATA FOR FIGURES IN THE REPORT 13
- Figure 1. National rate of females killed by males 1996 2022 13
- Figure 2. Rate of females killed by males by race 1996 2022 14
- Figure 3. Percentage of females killed by males with a firearm 1996 2022 15
- Figure 8. Percentage of Black females killed by males with a firearm 1996 2022 16
- REFERENCES 17
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