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Violence against women 2009 In its study When Men
Murder Women: An Analysis of 2009 Homicide Data,
2011, the Violence Policy Center (www.vpc.org) reported
that 1818 women were murdered by men in 2009. Of
these victims, a weapon could be identified for 1654 of
them. Of those for whom a weapon could be identified,
861 were killed by guns, 364 by knives or other cutting
instruments, 214 by other weapons, and 215 by personal
attack (battery, strangulation, etc.). The FBI’s Uniform
Crime Report says that, among all murders nationwide,
the weapon use rates were as follows: guns 63.4%, knives
13.1%, other weapons 16.8%, personal attack 6.7%. Is
there evidence that violence against women involvesdifferent weapons than other violent attacks in the
United States?

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