Domestic Violence Laws in the Early United States: Using the Historical Record in Litigation
Supreme Court precedent calls for us to look at the early United States' historical record to determine whether modern day…
Gender Inequities: The Erasure of Women’s Lives Through the Absence of Data
Comprehensive, timely data is essential for understanding and preventing intimate partner gun deaths, yet significant gaps persist. The CDC’s National Violent Death Reporting System (NVDRS) and state systems like California’s CalVDRS offer a great start to violent‐death surveillance. However, as is the case in CA, voluntary county participation, inconsistent coroner reporting, and incomplete fields leave large numbers of violent deaths undocumented. This data hinders targeted resource allocation, skews public narratives toward urban “street violence,” and limits the effectiveness of legal interventions such as firearm relinquishment orders. This white paper by BWJP and the Hope and Heal Fund explores the dangerous intersection of intimate partner violence and gun violence, the gaps in data and its consequences, and offers solutions for enhancing the comprehensiveness of available data.