Posted on 02/26/2017 5:50:04 AM PST by marktwain
A new study shows that only 17 of 35,413 domestic violence incidents resulted in a gunshot wound. The study was based on police reports collected in Philadelphia in 2013.
From psychcentral.com:
A new study shows that when guns are part of domestic violence, women actually suffer fewer injuries, but experience greater fear.This is consistent with the use of guns in other crimes, and in self-defense. It is not limited to women. Men who are threatened with a gun are also more likely to back down than fight back.
According to a researcher at the University of Pennsylvania, thats because when a gun enters the situation, women are more likely to back down than fight back.
Results: Of the 35,413 incidents, 6,573 involved hands, fists, or feet, and 1,866 involved external weapons of which 576 were guns. Most incidents were male-on-female: 63.4% (no weapon), 77.4% (bodily weapon), 50.2% (nongun external weapon), and 79.5% (gun). Guns were used most often to threaten the partner (69.1%). When a gun (vs. bodily or nongun external weapon) was used, IPV victims were less likely to have visible injuries (adjusted odds ratio [AOR] = 0.64 and 0.23, respectively)offenders were less likely to have pushed or shoved, grabbed, punched, or kicked the victimbut (victims) were more likely to be frightened (AOR = 3.13 and 1.49, respectively).These are the incidents that were reported to the police, which may result in selection bias. Men are less likely to seek help for Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) than women are. Numerous studies have shown that women use IPV against men at a rate that is equal or higher than men use IPV against women.
That form included information about what the responding officer saw and did at the scene, as well as a body map to indicate injuries and a place for what Sorenson described as the narrative, where officers write in their own words what the victim described happened.These are not adjudicated cases; they are police reports.
If a person used a gun in self defense, it is unlikely to be called in as a domestic violence case.
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