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Australian crime : facts and figures 2003
Homicide
Homicide victims, gender and relationship to offender, percentages, 2001/02
* Includes acquaintances
Sources
- Mouzos, J 2003, Homicide in Australia : 2001-2002 National Homicide Monitoring Program (NHMP) annual report, Research and Public Policy Series No. 46, Australian Institute of Criminology, Canberra.
What this chart shows
- The victim-offender relationship for homicides differs for male and female victims. Ninety-three per cent of female victims knew the offender, compared with 76% of male victims.
- Homicides against females were more than seven times more likely than those involving males to be perpetrated by an intimate.
- Male victims were more likely than females to be killed by friends and acquaintances, 48% compared with 13%.