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Author: Kristen Rand

Kristen Rand is the legislative director of the Violence Policy Center (VPC), a national gun violence prevention organization. Each year the VPC releases "When Men Murder Women," an analysis of female homicide victimization by males.
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How Do Rates of Women Killed by Men Vary, State by State?

Kristen Rand
Staggering U.S. Femicide Stats Prove Urgent Need for Gun Control Legislation

Women who are murdered by men are almost always killed by someone they know. The number of women shot and killed by their husband or intimate acquaintance was more than three and a half times the total number murdered by male strangers using all weapons combined. And Black women are at a significantly higher risk of homicide victimization than white women.

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