This study used data from 125 intimate partner killings occurring between 2000 and 2005, gathered from newspapers and femicide reports from state coalitions, to explore differences in intimate partner homicides among Asian Americans. The findings suggest that culturally-specific risk assessment and intervention strategies to prevent intimate partner homicides among at-risk Asian Americans are necessary.
Some findings from the study include:
- In nearly nine out of ten cases, men were the perpetrators
- Gender differences existed in ages of victims and perpetrators, types of relationships between partners, and nethods of killing
- Most homicides occurred among Southeast Asians
- East Asians had the highest within group proportion of suicides
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