The university's report found that guns accounted for 73% of identified intimate partner violence deaths from 2019 to 2022.
Join Eyewitness News anchor Brhe Berry for a town hall highlighting the rise in deadly domestic violence cases in Houston and Texas.A University of Houston domestic violence study found that intimate partner homicides have doubled in three years.The study's findings, which came from the university's Institute for Research on Women, Gender and Sexuality program, are detailed in athat studied Houston-area domestic violence providers and aggregated local domestic violence data.
The university said it also found a decline in calls for shelter during the pandemic, likely due to victims in lockdown with their abusers and a fear of developing COVID-19 while in a shelter. The school said the recommendation is based on interviews and group discussions the researchers had with leaders of 12 local domestic violence shelters and nonresidential agencies.
"I have been thirsty for ten years for this coalition to have a united voice," said Bibi Khan, president and founder of An-Nisa Hope Center, in a quote from the report. "Instead of us struggling individually, ... if we have this team and this voice, I think more people will listen to us."
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