emmasosuperTexas A&M research highlights family members as leading perpetrators in child homicides. We must focus on family stability, safe peer relationships, and stricter firearm laws to protect kids. Let's advocate for these changes. https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1058845
Study finds family members are most common perpetrators of infant and child homicides in the U.S.
After stratifying the descriptive analyses by victim age group, sex, race and five-year time periods, the team found that family members were the most common perpetrator of infant and toddler (ages 0–4) and child (ages 5–12) homicides, and acquaintances accounted for the majority of adolescent (ages 13–19) homicides. One quarter of adolescent homicides with female victims were perpetrated by an intimate partner.