Prosecutors who have tried domestic homicides say testimony about the violent history of a relationship is often inadmissible.
Patterns of domestic homicide also indicate that women are capable of significant violence, although often only as a last resort.
Cops can have a tremendous effect on domestic homicide.
The Florida study was prompted by a staggering report of 230 domestic homicides for 1994.
During that same period, not one Duluth woman died from a domestic homicide.
The husband is often a prime suspect, of course, in cases of domestic homicide.
In Westchester alone, there have been four domestic homicides in the last 12 months.
The Hindemith, with its palindromic treatment of domestic homicide, offered the most interesting music.
There were 33 domestic homicides in that period, but only one homicide in which any prior violence between the same two people was turned up.
Domestic violence and the use of illegal drugs were the strongest risk factors for domestic homicide.