Study: 97% of Domestic Violence Perpetrators Are Men

Ljubljana, 2 December - Slovenia's first national study on domestic violence has shown that 97% of the perpetrators are men and that 48% of the victims are their wives or partners, while 19% are the perpetrator's parents and 15% are their under-aged children.

Ljubljana Kartja Filipcic of the Institute for Criminology presents results of Slovenia's first national study on domestic violence. Photo: Tamino Petelinsek/STA

Ljubljana
Kartja Filipcic of the Institute for Criminology presents results of Slovenia's first national study on domestic violence.
Photo: Tamino Petelinsek/STA

Ljubljana The Equal Opportunities Office present the results of Slovenia's first national study on domestic violence. Photo: Tamino Petelinsek/STA

Ljubljana
The Equal Opportunities Office present the results of Slovenia's first national study on domestic violence.
Photo: Tamino Petelinsek/STA

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