Table 1.

Overall frequencies

Characteristic	Overall	Female victim	Female offender	Male victim/male offender
Female offender	5.7	6.2	--	--
Female victim	39.9	--	43.8	--
Male offender	94.3	93.8	--	100.0
Male victim	59.7	--	56.3	100.0
Alcohol
Offender drinking	64.3	65.5	37.5	64.3
Victim drinking	41.0	31.0	56.3	45.4
Both drinking	35.7	29.2	25.0	40.0
Neither drinking	31.1	32.7	31.3	31.3
Weapon
Gun	8.9	3.5	0.0	13.2
Knife	46.5	42.5	50.0	50.3
Bodily force	22.7	27.4	18.8	19.5
Time
6:00 p.m.–6:00 a.m.	75.7	69.9	75.0	77.6
Weekend	36.1	34.8	37.6	36.1
Winter	44.2	43.3	31.3	44.5
Relationship
Intimate	9.3	18.6	31.3	0.0
Family member	8.8	12.5	31.4	5.6
Acquaintance	42.4	36.2	18.8	48.1
Stranger	32.5	28.3	18.8	36.9
Context
Jealousy	3.9	6.2	0.0	2.5
Rape	6.7	15.9	0.0	0.6
Acute argument	30.4	22.1	12.5	37.5
Profit	25.4	31.0	6.3	22.5
Location
Home	57.1	75.2	93.8	42.8
Public place	40.4	23.9	6.2	53.5
Hide crime	29.8	38.9	18.8	23.9
Victim precipitated	22.9	5.3	56.3	32.1
Premeditated	33.5	28.3	31.3	38.6