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Why protecting Colorado children from dying of domestic violence is such a hard problem

  • Written by Kaitlyn M. Sims, Assistant Professor of Public Policy, University of Denver; Institute for Humane Studies
imageMore than one-third of homicides of women are perpetrated by intimate partners, and there has been a steady increase in domestic violence-related deaths of children.Alvaro Medina Jurado/Getty Images

A record number of Colorado children died in 2024 as a result of domestic violence, despite a statewide reduction in overall homicide.

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