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Top 10 States by Ranking
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State |
Number of
Homicides |
Homicides Per Year
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Per 100,000
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| 1 |
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South Carolina |
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62 |
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3.12
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| 2 |
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Louisiana |
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61 |
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2.69
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| 3 |
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Arkansas |
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35 |
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2.67
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| 4 |
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North Carolina |
|
100 |
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2.57
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| 5 |
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Wyoming |
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6 |
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2.51
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| 6 |
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Maine |
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15 |
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2.35
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| 7 |
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Oklahoma |
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37 |
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2.16
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| 8 |
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Nevada |
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18 |
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2.1
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| 9 |
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Alabama |
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47 |
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2.08
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| 10 |
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Colorado |
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41 |
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2.05
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- By the most conservative estimate, each year 1 million women suffer
non-fatal violence by an intimate partner. (Bureau
of Justice Statistics Special report: Violence Against Women 8/95)
- By other estimates, 4 million American women experience a serious
assault by an intimate partner during an average 12 month period. (American
Psychological Associations: Violence and the family "96)
- Nearly 1 in 3 adult women experience at least one physical assault by a
partner during their adult- hood. (American
Psychological Associations: Violence and the family "96)
- Between 3.3 and 10 million children in the U.S. between the ages 3 and
17 years, are yearly at risk. (Peter Jaffe,
David Wolf & Susan Kaye Wilson: Children of Battered Women '90)
- Reports by battered mothers show that 87% of children witness the
abuse. (Lenore
Walker: The Battered Woman Syndrome '84)
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Battering is the major cause of injury to women,
resulting more injuries to women than auto accidents, muggings, and rapes
combined. (E. Stark & A. Flitcraft:
handbook of Family Violence '88)
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Approximately 1 in 10 high school students has
experienced physical violence in gating relationships. Among college
students, the figure rises to 22%, almost equivelent to the rate of adults. (Gamache
'91)
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