Physical Injuries from Violence vs. Criminalization of Violence
Police-designated victims of violence differ greatly in number and sex composition from victims of violence measured through emergency medical treatment.
Statistics
Gender Bias in the U.S. Federal Criminal Justice Funnel
Gender bias toward criminalization of men increases at successive stages of the federal criminal justice funnel and over time has increased at each stage.
NHAMCS Statistics on Causes of Injury by Sex, 1992-95 and 2001
Since 1992, NHAMCS has provided injury causes by sex. Thus high-quality data on leading causes of injuries to women and men have been available for decades.
NEISS & NHAMCS Provide Causes of Injury by Sex in U.S.
Statistics on causes of injury are readily available online from the U.S. National Electronic Injury Surveillance System All-Injury Program (NEISS AIP).
Domestic-Violence Hospital Emergency Department Visits
NEISS provides better estimates of serious injury from domestic violence and intimate-partner violence than does NCVS and NVAWS.
Perpetrator Categories for Domestic Violence
Spouse abuse, intimate-partner violence, domestic violence, and family violence can encompass significantly different perpetrator categories.
NVAWS Biased Categorization of Violence Perpetrators
The NVAWS survey design biased upward intimate partner violence and domestic violence as shares of violent incidents reported in detail.
NVAWS Weaknesses in Recall Period and Survey Question Bounding
NVAWS attempted to measure lifetime incidence of rape and physical assault across a wide range of behaviors with poor question bounding.
NVAWS Weaknesses in Sample Selection and Sample Weighting
NVAWS had a low response rate, a non-representative sample, and no publicly available sample weights.
NVAWS Provided Separate and Unequal Treatment for Women and Men
The National Violence Against Women Survey represented and administered different treatment of women and men as victims of violence.