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Yes it is. But it seems that many folks seem to believe that only men are guilty.

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ORIGINAL: PeonForHer

Would that be 'one male dies as a result of a female's actions', or does that one-in-four ratio include attacks on men by other men?

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Statistics suggest that for every three women killed, there is one male victim. I'll admit, I found this surprising.

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ORIGINAL: kalikshama

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Statistics suggest that for every three women killed, there is one male victim. I'll admit, I found this surprising.

Source, please.

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ORIGINAL: Hillwilliam

I'll go even further and say that when a domestic homicide victim is male, the talk around town will frequently be along the line of "he must have been mistreating her for her to do that" "I bet she caught him cheating" "He was probably a mean drunk".

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ORIGINAL: cloudboy


The New Yorker had a great article in its JUL 22, 2013 edition entitled, Annals of Prevention, A Raised Hand, Can a new Approach Curb Domestic Violence.

The short answer is YES, and the background to this answer was very interesting.

One in every four women is a victim of domestic, physical violence at some point in her life.

Between 2000-06, 3,200 American soldiers were killed; during that period, domestic homicide in the USA claimed 10,600 lives. (Likely an under-reported figure.)

A domestic violence worker in Massachusetts named Kelly Dunne came up with a method of coordinating the work of courts, the police, and domestic violence workers to feed information to a "high risk team" that would assess the risk of homicide in domestic cases. Women at high risk of being murdered had a history as follows:

(1) Had sought help from the police and criminal justice system at least one time; (2) a prior instance of physical domestic violence; (3) increased danger spiking when a victim attempted to leave an abuser; (4) a change in the household such as a pregnancy or a new job; (5) a victim has been separated from her abuser for less than three months time; (6) the abuser was also a substance abuser; (7) the abuser owned a gun; (8) the abuser demanded forced sex, made threats to kill, and/or engaged in choking the victim; (9) the abuser was chronically unemployed.

Weighing factors 1-9, the high risk domestic violence team would score the likelihood of a homicide. A points scale from 0-18 was devised with an "18" denoting extremely high risk of homicide.

With a threat index in place, abusers could be interdicted before committing violence. For instance a high danger score coupled with a restraining order violation would result in a dangerousness hearing. This could lock the abuser up and force him into counseling. The victim then did not have to move into a shelter to seek protection. Before this system was put in place, police, courts, and domestic violence workers only realized the dangerousness factors after the fact.

Long story short, this method, when applied effectively, seriously reduces the commission of domestic violence homicides. All in all, I found this very heartening news.

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ORIGINAL: cloudboy


Yes, my impression is that male DV is something akin to an urban myth, but alas, looks like I was wrong.

If I had to pin a motivator behind DV: jealously, insecurity, anger, and substance abuse --- well I know women can have all of that and then some.

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The New Yorker had a great article in its JUL 22, 2013 edition entitled, Annals of Prevention, A Raised Hand, Can a new Approach Curb Domestic Violence.