| One of America's most pervasive hidden truths is the prevalence of domestic
violence. Each year in the United States approximately 4.8 million
incidents of intimate partner rape and physical assaults are committed
against an estimated 2.9 million women. Domestic abuse is the leading cause
of injury to women, and each year hundreds of American women die at the
hands of an abusive partner. The Federal Bureau of Investigation reports
that close to a third of all female homicide victims are murdered by an
intimate partner or a former partner. This study examines the spatial
patterns of domestic violence calls for service and the distribution of
domestic homicides for the years 1989 and 1990 in the District of Columbia.
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Updated 05/20/2006