Item #490
Women are twice as fearful for their lives as men given a similar objective probability of death
Topic: ViolenceSource
Citation: Gender as a Factor in the Response of the law-Enforcement System to Violence Against Partners, pp. 19-20 Author(s): Brown Institution(s): Link: http://www.familyofmen.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Grant_Partner_Violence.pdf Nation(s): Canada Year(s): 1999 Source: Secondary Type: JournalDiscussion
Other Notes:p. 19 - "only one in about 700 women who feared for her life as a result of a dispute with her partner was actually killed; and only one in about 350 men who feared for his life as a result of a dispute with his partner was actually killed."; p. 55 of the same study elaborates