This article was written based on the results of studying the judicial practice of applying Art. 119 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation by various Russian courts for 2019. The data obtained in the framework of the work of the Center for the Study of Problems of Domestic Violence at St. Petersburg State University are used. The paper analyzes the personality traits of persons who have committed a crime under Art. 119 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, in the family and everyday life, as well as the personality traits of the victims of this crime. The analysis of the gender identity of the perpetrators and victims is carried out, the question of the presence or absence of convictions of persons who have committed crimes, of their being in a state of alcoholic intoxication when committing a threat of murder is investigated. The work examines in the context of the crime under study the kinship of the perpetrators and victims, their interpersonal relationships, the motives of the perpetrators.