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About one in three high school students have been or will be involved in an abusive relationship.
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40% / Forty percent of teenage girls ages 14 to 17 say they know someone their age that has been hit or beaten by a boyfriend.
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In one study, from 30 to 50 percent of female high school students reported having already experienced teen dating violence.
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Teen dating violence most often takes place in the home of one of the partners.
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In 1995, 7 percent of all murder victims were young women who were killed by their boyfriends
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One in five or 20% of dating couples report some type of violence in their relationship
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One of five college females will experience some form of dating violence
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60% of young women, ages 15 to 24, were currently involved in an ongoing abusive relationship and all participants had experienced violence in a dating relationship.
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38% of date rape victims were young women from 14 to 17 years of age.
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Date rape accounted for 67 percent of sexual assaults.
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More than half young women raped (68 percent) knew their rapist either as a boyfriend, friend or casual acquaintance.
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Six out of 10 rapes of young women occur in their own home or a friend or relative's home, not in a dark alley.
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More than 4 in every 10 incidents of domestic violence involved non-married persons
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Physical violence in dating relationships ranges from 20-35%.
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It is estimated that between 20% to 52% of high school and college age dating couples have engaged in physical abuse.
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According to the U.S. Surgeon General, domestic violence is the leading cause of injury to women in the United States.
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Male partners assault 2 million American women each year.
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95% of the victims of domestic violence are women.
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A woman is abused every 12 seconds in the United States.
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35% of all emergency room calls are a result of domestic violence.
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Of those who abuse their partner, well over 65% also physically and/or sexually abuse the children.
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Each day, 3 children die as a result of abuse.
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32% of female homicide victims are killed by their intimate partners.
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Approximately 1-3 million women are battered each year by their intimate partner.
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In the United States, a woman is more likely to be assaulted, raped, or killed by an intimate partner than by any other type of assailant.
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Nearly one-third of American women report being physically or sexually abused by a husband or boyfriend at some point in their lives.
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Approximately 85% of the victims of domestic violence are women.
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37% of all women who sought care in hospital emergency rooms for violence related injuries were injured by a current or former spouse, boyfriend, or girlfriend.
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11% of all murders in 1998 were the result of domestic violence.
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On average, more than three women are murdered by their husbands or boyfriends in this country every day.
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A child's exposure to the father abusing the mother is the strongest risk factor for transmitting violent behavior from one generation to the next.
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Slightly more than half of female victims of domestic violence live in households with children under age 12.
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Child abuse occurs in 30-60% of family violence cases that involve families with children.
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The National Domestic Violence Hotline has received more than 700,000 calls for assistance since February 1996.
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Nearly one-third of American women (31 percent) report being physically or sexually abused by a husband or boyfriend at some point in their lives.
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It is estimates that 503,485 women are stalked by an intimate partner each year in the United States - National Institute of Justice, July 2000.
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Estimates range from 960,000 incidents of violence against a current or former spouse, boyfriend, or girlfriend each year to 4 million women who are physically abused by their husbands or live-in partners each year. - Violence by Intimates: Analysis of Data on Crimes by Current or Former Spouses, Boyfriends, and Girlfriends, U.S. Department of Justice, March, 1998.
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Studies show that child abuse occurs in 30-60% of family violence cases that involve families with children.
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Women are 5 to 8 times more likely than men to be victimized by an intimate partner.
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Violence by an intimate partner accounts for about 21% of violent crime experienced by women.
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Violence by an intimate partner accounts for about 2% of violent crime experienced by men.
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In 92% of all domestic violence incidents, crimes are committed by men against women.
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Of women who reported being raped and /or physically assaulted since the age of 18, three quarters (76 percent) were victimized by a current or former husband cohabitating partner, date, or boyfriend.
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In 1994, women separated from their spouses had a victimization rate 1 ½ times higher than separated men, divorced men, or divorced women.
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In 1996, among all female murder victims in the U.S., 30% were slain by their husbands or boyfriends.
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31,260 women were murdered by an intimate partner from 1976-1996.
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40% / percent of teenage girls age 14 to 17 report knowing someone their age who has been hit or beaten by a boyfriend.
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Family violence costs the nation from $5 to $10 billion annually in medical expenses, police and court costs, shelters and foster care, sick leave, absenteeism, and non-productivity.
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One in five female high school students reports being physically or sexually abused by a dating partner.
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Around the world, at least one in every three women has been beaten, coerced into sex or otherwise abused during her lifetime. Most often, the abuser is a member of her own family.
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Domestic violence is the leading cause of injury to women—more than car accidents, muggings, and rapes combined.
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Studies suggest that up to 10 million children witness some form of domestic violence annually.
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Nearly 1 in 5 teenage girls who have been in a relationship said a boyfriend threatened violence or self-harm if presented with a breakup.
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Everyday in the US, more than three women are murdered by their husbands or boyfriends.
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Ninety-two percent of women surveyed listed reducing domestic violence and sexual assault as their top concern.
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Domestic violence victims lose nearly 8 million days of paid work per year in the US alone—the equivalent of 32,000 full-time jobs.
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Based on reports from 10 countries, between 55 percent and 95 percent of women who had been physically abused by their partners had never contacted non-governmental organizations, shelters, or the police for help.
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The costs of intimate partner violence in the US alone exceed $5.8 billion per year: $4.1 billion are for direct medical and health care services, while productivity losses account for nearly $1.8 billion.
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Men who as children witnessed their parents’ domestic violence were twice as likely to abuse their own wives than sons of nonviolent parents.
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63% of all boys, age 11-20, who commit murder kill the man who was abusing their mother
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75% of boys who are present when their mothers are beaten were later identified as having demonstrable behavior problems
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Children from homes characterized by domestic violence are five to seven times more likely to experience significant psychological problems relative to children in the general population.
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Domestic violence exposed children are four times more likely to visit the school nurse.
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More than half of school age children in domestic violence shelters show clinical levels of anxiety or post-traumatic stress disorder.
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Researchers have linked exposure to chronic abuse and violence with lower IQ scores, poorer language skills, decrements in visual-motor integration skills and problems with attention and memory.
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Witnessing violence as a child is associated with adult reports of depression, trauma-related symptoms and low self-esteem among women and trauma-related symptoms among men
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Children in homes where domestic violence occurs are physically abused or seriously neglected at a rate 1500% higher than the national average in the general population.
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3.3 million children witness domestic violence each year in the US.
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