NOTABLE COMPARISONS 20 FACES OF FATALITY / JUNE 2017 www.fcadv.org • The 2017 assessment of risk indicators focuses on the 24 femicides compared to the 30 total reviewed fatalities. • Perpetrators were known to carry a weapon substantially more (62% compared to 35% in 2016). • Guns continued to be the weapon used to perpetrate domestic violence homicides (50% compared to 45% in 2016). • The number of perpetrators and decedents who were separated at the time of the fatality was higher in 2017 (42% compared to 23% in 2016). • A shared residence of a perpetrator and decedent continued to be the most common location of the fatality (63% compared to 68% in 2016). • The current reviews identified a higher rate of contact by the decedent family members with the Department of Children and Families (40% compared to 20% in 2016).
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