Comparing female victims of separation/divorce assault across geographical regions

Abstract

Recent analyses of National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) data show that male?to? female separation/divorce assault varies across geographic regions in the United States, with rural rates of such woman abuse being higher than those for suburban and urban areas. Using the same data set, the main objective of this paper is to present the results of an investigation into whether characteristics of female victims of separation/divorce assault also differ across urban, suburban, and rural communities.