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Another family anhilitator strikes again...😭

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IntelligentYetIndecisive · 06/03/2018 14:09

www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-43302615

Mother found stabbed to death at home in London, after father and two children found dead in a car by the seaside.

I know one instance of this is one too many, but AIBU to think these cases are increasing in number?

Women killed by partners in front of their children is an almost weekly occurrence and women killed by family or someone they knew being an almost daily occurrence.

Is anyone researching the causes and how to prevent these cases from happening?

If not, why not?

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Theresasmayshoes11 · 06/03/2018 14:11

I don’t know all the facts of this particular case op though do you? I have only just seen it on the news so not sure you should post this so early.

noeffingidea · 06/03/2018 14:27

AIBU to think these cases are increasing in number*
How would we know? We would need statistics to know that. It's quite possible that they're being reported on more frequently, or you notice these reports more than reports of other kinds of incidents.
Rest in peace, to the mother and two children.

HollyBayTree · 06/03/2018 14:32

Yes there are Serious Case Reviews for these occurences.

Google is marvellous. If only people learned to use it

www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice/compendium/focusonviolentcrimeandsexualoffences/yearendingmarch2016/homicide

Main points

There were 571 homicides (murder, manslaughter and infanticide) in the year ending March 2016 in England and Wales. This represents an increase of 57 offences (11%) from the 514 recorded in the previous year.

The number of homicides has shown a general downward trend over recent years and the 571 recorded was still one of the lowest levels since the late 1980s, despite having increased from the previous year.

There were 9.9 offences of homicide per million population, and the homicide rate for males (13.8 per million population) was more than twice that for females (6.0 per million population).

Women were far more likely than men to be killed by partners or ex-partners (44% of female victims compared with 7% of male victims), and men were more likely than women to be killed by friends or acquaintances (35% of male victims compared with 13% of female victims).

There were 38 homicide victims aged under 16 years in the year ending March 2016, the lowest number since data on homicide victims by age of victim was first published in 1972.

The most common method of killing continued to be by knife or other sharp instrument with 213 victims killed in this way, accounting for over 1 in 3 (37%) homicides.

The 26 homicide victims (5% of the total) that were killed by shooting showed an increase of 5 from the previous year, but is otherwise the lowest number since 1980 (19 homicides).

IntelligentYetIndecisive · 06/03/2018 15:54

So last year's figures are still being compiled, then.

I suppose reporting of such events is on every news channel and website, that it seems to be more commonplace. Sad

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