Study Documents Domestic Violence by Race, Income
PROVIDENCE, R.I.
Black and Hispanic women, especially Black women in more affluent neighborhoods, are overrepresented in police-reported domestic violence information compiled by the Rhode Island Department of Health, according to a new analysis published in the journal Public Health Reports.
Four Brown University researchers found that although Black and Hispanic women comprised 6 percent of the state’s 1990 population, they represented more than 17 percent of victims in police reports documenting domestic violence and sexual assault.
