A Cross-Cultural Research on Intimate Partner Murders in Russia, Canada, and the United States

It is our loved ones who hurt us most. This is the reason why the killing of a spouse is not a new phenomenon. From the beginning, humans have the essence of violence and confront other people, especially our favorite people like family. This is not surprising. Everyone has personal experience about domestic violence or witnessed this experience at the expense of others. In the American society, when the husband and wife are killed, the first person of the law enforcement department is the spouse.

This violence may become fatal. In the United States, more than 3 women and 1 man are killed by an intimate partner on average on average every day. In 2000, an intimate partner killed 1,247 women and 440 men. 30% of all women killed and 5% of all murders are intimate partner murders. Judicial Bureau statistical crime data brief, intimate partner violence, 1993 - 2001, February 2003; judicial bureau statistics, intimate partner violence, US 1993 - 2004, 2006

Women are more likely to be murdered by intimate partners than men. About three quarters of intimate partners are female, about one quarter is male. In 1999, an intimate partner killed 1,218 women and 424 men in the United States and in 2005 an intimate partner killed 1,181 women and 329 men. In 2007, close violence with partners resulted in the death of 2,340 people, accounting for 14% of all homicides, of which 70% were women and 30% were males. Dating violence is often a sign of domestic violence. In the 2000 survey, 22% of girls high school girls and 32% female college students experienced dating violence. 20.6% of women experienced more than two dating violence and 8.3% of women experienced rape, chase or physical attack against the date. The extent of violence against men has not been investigated to the same extent

According to the World Health Organization, approximately 40% of all female homicides around the world are made by intimate partners. One third of women all over the world are experiencing physical or sexual violence by her partner. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, approximately 3 million women are attacked by partners each year. Despite widespread violence against women in their homes, there are no specific laws on domestic violence in dozens of countries around the world. For example, there is no ban on domestic violence in Kenya, but according to the US State Department, domestic police generally do not investigate domestic violence incidents, treat them as individual family problems. Discussion on the final criminalization of domestic violence by law is controversial in Lebanon after a series of terrible abuse incidents in the country have been reported this year.