The South Carolina Silent Witness Story : Report on Domestic Violence Homicide Victims from 2012

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South Carolina Office of the Attorney General
Subject
Family violence--South Carolina--Statistics; Marital violence--South Carolina--Statistics; Victims of crimes--South Carolina--Statistics
In 2012, there were a total of 48 people murdered by a household member, according to the South Carolina definition. Of those 48 people, 39 were women, constituting 81% of the total, and 9 were men, constituting 19% of the total. The demographics of the victims were as follows: 54% were White, 44% were African American, and 2% were Asian. The average age of these victims was 45 years old. The Office of the Attorney General, through its S.T.O.P. Violence Against Women program, collected the data by contacting every Sheriff’s Office, Coroner’s Office, Police Department and Solicitor’s Office in the State. Those offices were provided with a victim information sheet to complete and asked to provide any incident reports related to domestic homicide victims.
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http://hdl.handle.net/10827/30836
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2013-10-01
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Date Accessioned2019-06-24T13:40:29Z
Date Available2019-06-24T13:40:29Z
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Item LanguageEnglish
PublisherSouth Carolina State Library
Digital CollectionSouth Carolina State Documents Depository
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