Websdale Neil, Ferraro Kathleen, Barger Steven D
1Family Violence Institute Northern Arizona University, PO Box 1500, Flagstaff, AZ 86011 USA.
2Department of Sociology, Family Violence Institute Northern Arizona University, PO Box 1500, Flagstaff, AZ 86011 USA.
Inj Epidemiol. 2019 Feb 25;6:6. doi: 10.1186/s40621-019-0182-2. eCollection 2019.
In the US more than 1 in 4 women and 1 in 7 men have experienced severe physical violence by an intimate partner. The most severe violence, violence that ends in death, disproportionately affects women. Current or former male intimate partners commit the majority of homicides of females and fifty to 60 % of these homicides are perpetrated with firearms. Most murder-suicides involve intimate partners and the vast majority of these cases are women murdered by intimate partners using a firearm. Little data exist to illuminate the social and legal circumstances surrounding firearm use in intimate partner homicide. Here we describe US Domestic Violence Fatality Review Teams and the planning and development of a National Clearinghouse for Domestic Violence Fatality Reviews. Among other things, the National Clearinghouse will centrally record and harmonize reviews across the US through standardized reporting templates and protocols for gathering de-identified intimate partner homicide case information.
Domestic violence fatality reviews provide a promising yet underutilized data source to understand the links between firearms and domestic violence related deaths. The nascent Clearinghouse can inform policy approaches to address intimate partner homicide as well as firearm-related violence in the United States.
在美国，超过四分之一的女性和七分之一的男性曾遭受亲密伴侣的严重身体暴力。最严重的暴力，即导致死亡的暴力，对女性的影响尤为严重。当前或前任男性亲密伴侣实施了大多数女性凶杀案，其中50%至60%的凶杀案使用了枪支。大多数谋杀自杀事件涉及亲密伴侣，而且这些案件绝大多数是女性被亲密伴侣用枪支杀害。几乎没有数据能说明亲密伴侣凶杀案中枪支使用的社会和法律背景。在此，我们介绍美国家庭暴力死亡审查小组以及家庭暴力死亡审查国家信息中心的规划和发展情况。除其他事项外，国家信息中心将通过标准化报告模板和收集去识别化亲密伴侣凶杀案信息的协议，集中记录并统一全美各地的审查情况。
家庭暴力死亡审查提供了一个有前景但未得到充分利用的数据源，有助于了解枪支与家庭暴力相关死亡之间的联系。新成立的信息中心可为美国解决亲密伴侣凶杀案以及与枪支相关的暴力问题的政策方法提供参考。
