Newsweek (4/15, Gander) reports that research indicates “90 percent of under-18s who are killed by a current or ex-partner are girls, while almost 90 percent of perpetrators are men.” The findings were published in JAMA Pediatrics.
The NPR (4/15, Chatterjee) “Shots” blog reports that the researchers “found that of the more than 2,000 adolescents killed between 2003 and 2016, nearly seven percent – 150 teens – were killed by their current or former intimate partners.” In nearly “80 percent of the cases, the perpetrator was 18 years or older.”
Related Links:
— “90 percent of teens killed by their partners are girls—and most of the killers are men, “Kashmira Gander, Newsweek, April 15, 2019