It says more than a third of the 91 homicides in the province reported between 1999 and 2008 were domestic homicides. 37.5 per cent of the victims were shot; and of the 32 domestic homicides, most of the victims were between 30-49, while eight were children under the age of 15.
It contains the recommendation that emergency responders use risk factor coding when they respond to domestic violence, and the need for data and reports to be analyzed.
The report was prepared by Carmen Gill of the Muriel McQueen Fergusson Centre in Fredericton, which does research and provides public education on the issue of family violence.