Report on murders of women due to domestic violence

Reports
Oficina de la Procuradora de las Mujeres (OPM)
Description:

It provides statistical information on the victims and perpetrators of domestic violence murders in Puerto Rico (age, sex, victim-perpetrator relationship, children, time of separation); characteristics of the murder (place of occurrence, weapon used, day, month and time of occurrence, municipality and police area) and characteristics of the situation of abuse (current order of protection, previous incidents of domestic violence reported to the authorities, knowledge of family members and friends about the situation of abuse, who called the authorities, previous threats). A brief description of the events is provided.

Objective:

Provide citizens with a profile of the women killed as a result of domestic violence in Puerto Rico and their perpetrators.

Main Variables
Number of women murdered and number of perpetrators
Frequency of release of the report:
Yearly
Reference Population:
Women killed as a result of domestic violence and their perpetrators
Product:
Asesinatos Violencia de Género Año 2023
Asesinatos por Violencia Doméstica 2010-2021
Asesinatos por Violencia de Género Año 2024
Gráfica de asesinatos de mujeres por violencia doméstica Puerto Rico 2001-2009 hasta el 27-01-09
OPM_InformeAsesinatosMujeresViolenciaDomestica_2006
OPM_InformeAsesinatosMujeresViolenciaDomestica_2007
https://www.mujer.pr.gov/estadisticas
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Oficina de la Procuradora de las Mujeres (OPM)
Contact Information
Contact:
Sandra E. González Chaparro
Position:
Statistician
Telephone:
787-721-7676 787-289-2833
Fax:
Email:
sgonzalez@mujer.pr.gov