'Partly why I was interested in this topic is the perception that teen dating violence is less serious than intimate-partner violence among adults. It’s important to understand that things can escalate among teens, as well.'
is an issue, but according to a recent report, it turns deadly more often than we think — particularly for girls.found that 90% of teen victims of intimate-partner homicides in this study were girls killed by a partner who was jealous or angry about a breakup or unrequited affection. Researchers looked at 2,188 homicides of people between ages 11-18 over a 13-year period in which there was a known relationship between the victim and perpetrator.
“Partly why I was interested in this topic is the perception that teen dating violence is less serious than intimate-partner violence among adults,” AdhiaResearchers found that the majority of teen intimate-partner homicides in this study were committed using a gun, and happened because the victim ended a relationship with the perpetrator, or the perpetrator was jealous of a new relationship the victim was in.
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