As rates of gun violence increase in the U.S., experts have identified a disturbing, decades-long trend: There's a clear intersection between mass shootings and domestic violence toward family members.
"If we look beyond domestic violence, which is usually considered violence against an intimate partner, we can see that an even larger number of mass killers practice at home — committing violence against family members before they strike out in public," Fontes said. A violent relationship is most likely to turn fatal when women are in the process of separating from an abusive partner, said Walter Dekeseredy, Ph.D.
"What echoes if you talk to any police officer, homicide detective, what echoes through the homicide data are the words 'If I can't have you, no one can,' and so the murder is like a murder of the separation itself," Dekeseredy said."These guys, they just can't handle the women leaving." In domestic abuse cases, Fontes said, the perpetrators of violence have often"become increasingly threatening and controlling" in the time before their partner contacts law enforcement. However, an abuser"may discover that there are few to no consequences for his behavior, depending on the jurisdiction and how seriously they take domestic abuse," leading to an escalation.
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