In Focus Armed Violence Monitor - FIREARM INCIDENTS IN THE CONTEXT OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE - SOUTH EAST EUROPE, 2019-2024
In Focus Armed Violence Monitor - FIREARM INCIDENTS IN THE CONTEXT OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE - SOUTH EAST EUROPE, 2019-2024
Author(s): Violeta Gaši
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Politics, Criminal Law, Security and defense, Criminology
Published by: The South Eastern and Eastern Europe Clearinghouse for the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons (SEESAC)
Keywords: domestic violence; firearm incidents; South East Europe; intimate partner violence; gender-based violence; illegal firearms
Summary/Abstract: Firearm incidents in the context of domestic violence in South East Europe rose steadily between 2019 and 2024, reaching 599 cases and accounting for 3% of all firearm incidents but 23% of related fatalities. Women were the majority of victims, especially in intimate partner violence, where nearly 1 in 4 affected women was killed, and 97% of perpetrators were men. Domestic settings proved the most lethal for women among all firearm-related incident types, with most cases occurring in urban homes and involving mainly handguns.
Series: Armed Violence Monitor
- Page Count: 10
- Publication Year: 2025
- Language: English
- Content File-PDF
