Article: Arkansas Ranks 7th in New Study On Violence Against Women

Staff Writer
9:23 PM CDT, September 15, 2010

Arkansas ranks 7th highest in the nation when it comes to the number of women murdered by men, according to a new study by the Violence Policy Center in Washington, D.C.

Nevada, with a rate of 2.96 victims per 100,000 women, ranked 1st in the nation. Arkansas had a rate of 1.71 per 100,000. Nationally, the rate of women killed by men in single victim/single offender instances was 1.26 per 100,000.

The report is called "When Men Murder Women: An Analysis of 2008 Homicide Data" and is released as part of Domestic Violence Awareness Month in October. Ranked behind Nevada were: #2 Vermont, #3 Alabama, #4 North Carolina, #5 Tennessee, #6 Texas, tied for #7 Arkansas and Missouri, #9 South Carolina and #10 Georgia.

The annual report details national and state-by-state information on female homicides involving one female murder victim and one male offender. The study uses the most recent data available from the Federal Bureau of Investigation's unpublished Supplementary Homicide Report and is released each year to coincide with Domestic Violence Awareness Month in October.

Nationwide, 1,817 females were murdered by males in single victim/single offender incidents in 2008.

The Violence Policy Center is a national educational organization working to stop gun death and injury.