Anita Raj

“It shouldn’t take a fatality for you to understand risk for fatality. By assessing behaviors that women have experienced that could have killed them, you have a better understanding of how much risk for fatality from domestic violence there actually is.”

Anita Raj · said 2026-09-15 · reported 2026-09-16

Raj argued that assessing potentially lethal behaviors provides better understanding of domestic violence fatality risk.

“That’s a fraction of people who are affected,”

Anita Raj · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-16

Raj said the survey pointed to the importance of assessing violence beyond crime reports.

“We also don’t want to find out about it at that point because if we’re finding out at that point, the risk for fatality has now gone up.”

Anita Raj · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-16

Raj was discussing the limitations of relying on crime reports to assess violence exposure.

“At the same time, we also see the early experiences of violence. … When you’ve had those experiences early in life, you are more vulnerable to them throughout your life, and so that’s really a piece of this.”

Anita Raj · said 2026-09-15 · reported 2026-09-16

Raj discussed how early experiences of violence increase lifelong vulnerability to further violence.

“What we really see are what we call economic shocks that increase their very acute vulnerability. So [those are] things like not having enough money to meet basic needs like food … an eviction, or having been homeless in the past year.”

Anita Raj · said 2026-09-15 · reported 2026-09-16

Raj pointed to economic status as an important metric linked to vulnerability to violence.