Domestic Violence
By: Micah Thane
What is domestic violence?
Did you know?
· More than 3 million children witness domestic violence in their homes every year ("Domestic Violence: Statistics & Facts").
· Women ages 18 to 34 are at greatest risk of becoming victims of domestic violence ("Domestic Violence: Statistics & Facts").
· Men are victims of nearly 3 million physical assaults in the USA ("Domestic Violence: Statistics & Facts").
· Children who live in homes where there is domestic violence also suffer abuse or neglect at high rates (30% to 60%) ("Domestic Violence: Statistics & Facts").
· 85% of domestic violence victims are women. (Bureau of Justice Statistics Crime Data Brief, Intimate Partner Violence, 1993-2001, February 2003)
· Police report that between 40% and 60% of the calls they receive, especially on the night shift, are domestic violence disputes. (Carrillo, Roxann "Violence Against Women: An Obstacle to Development," Human Development Report, 1990)
· People with lower annual income (below $25K) are at a 3-times higher risk of intimate partner violence than people with higher annual income (over $50K). (Bureau of Justice Statistics, Intimate Partner Violence in the U.S. 1993-2004, 2006.)
· The costs of domestic violence amount to more than $37 billion a year in law enforcement involvement, legal work, medical and mental health treatment, and lost productivity at companies ("11 Facts About Domestic And Dating Violence").
· In 60% to 80% of intimate partner homicides, no matter which partner was killed, the man physically abused the woman before the murder ("11 Facts About Domestic And Dating Violence").
· 1 in 5 women and 1 in 7 men have been victims of severe physical violence by an intimate partner in their lifetime ("Statistics").