in brazil and mexico where homicide rates are relatively high women make up only of all homicide victims in contrast across european countries where homicide rates are relatively low women on average account for of all homicide victims this different gender structure indicates a different typology of homicides in different regions of the world with higher shares of men victims associated with larger shares of firearm and organised crimerelated deaths intimate partnerdomestic violence is likely to be more devastating for victims than violence outside the home as it might leave victims without a safe place to live with no one to trust and anxieties about the safety of their children robeyns