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When Men Murder Women: An Analysis of 1996 Homicide DataFemales Murdered by Males in Single Victim/Single Offender IncidentsOhio54 females were murdered by males in Ohio in 1996The homicide rate among females murdered by males in Ohio was 0.94 per 100,000 in 1996 Ranked 39th highest in the United States
Fourteen female homicide victims (26 percent) were less than 18 years old, and five victims (nine percent) were 65 years of age or older.
Thirty-four female murder victims were white and 20 were black.
In cases in which the weapon used in the homicide could be identified (52 cases), half of the female homicide victims (26 victims or 50 percent) were shot and killed with guns. Nearly nine out of 10 of these gun victims (23 victims or 88 percent) were killed with handguns. There were 12 females killed by bodily force and six killed with knives or other cutting instruments. The remainder of cases involved other non-firearm weapons.
Nearly nine out of 10 female victims (47 victims or 87 percent) were murdered by someone they knew. Only seven female victims (13 percent) were killed by strangers. Of victims who knew their offenders, 53 percent (25 victims) were wives, common law wives, ex-wives, or girlfriends of the offenders. Among the 25 female intimates murdered, 68 percent (17 victims) were killed with guns; 82 percent of these gun victims (14 victims) were shot and killed with handguns.
In cases in which the circumstance of the homicide could be identified (32 cases), 88 percent (28 cases) were not related to the commission of another felony. Of these cases, 25 percent (seven cases) involved arguments between the victim and offender.
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