NCJ Number
235404
Date Published
February 2010
Length
86 pages
Annotation
This report examines domestic violence (DV) related homicides affecting Asian, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander battered women since 2001.
Abstract
This report establishes the complexity of the DV problem and its effects on women, children, families, and communities. Findings show that 160 cases resulted in 226 fatalities; and 184 individuals were killed and 42 perpetrators committed suicide after killing their victims. Results also identified 154 types of homicides, defined by the perpetrator's relationship to the victims. These were differentiated into homicides and homicides-suicides to calculate the number of cases in each type and further categorized into single and multiple killings (two or more victims killed by a single perpetrator.) This report aims to raise awareness of the problem in order to counter denial and victim-blaming; generate discussions that will inform culturally-specific intervention, prevention, and community organizing strategies; influence the field so safety for battered women takes into account an expanded definition of DV related homicides; and develop questions for future research. Recommendations for service providers and researchers are included. Data were collected from the National Domestic Violence Fatality Review Initiative using a total of 160 cases of DV related homicides in Asian, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander families, spanning 23 States where domestic violence of family violence was explicitly mentioned or could reasonably be inferred. Tables, diagrams, and endnotes