Chapter 22, Problem 18E

Violence against women 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 involves different weapons than other violent attacks in the United States?