General Statistics on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault

Nearly 25% of women report they have been raped and/or physically assaulted by a current or former spouse, cohabiting partner, or date at some time in their life.  (Tjaden, P., and N. Thoennes.  "Extent, Nature, and Consequences of Intimate Partner Violence."  National Institute of Justice and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, July 2000).

Nearly 5% of women reported being stalked by a current or former intimate partner at some point in their life. (Tjaden, P., and N. Thoennes.  "Extent, Nature, and Consequences of Intimate Partner Violence."  National Institute of Justice and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, July 2000).

A woman is beaten every nine seconds in the United States.  (Federal Bureau of Investigation, 1995).

Domestic violence strikes one out of three homes in the United States.

Approximately 23% of gay males reported being raped, physically assaulted and/or stalked by a male cohabitant.  (Tjaden, P., and N. Thoennes.  "Extent, Nature, and Consequences of Intimate Partner Violence."  National Institute of Justice and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, July 2000).

Approximately 95% of the victims of domestic violence are women.  (Bureau of Justice Statistics. "Report to the Nation on Crime and Justice:The Data." Washington DC: Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice. October, 1983).

Battering is the major cause of injury to women, resulting in more injuries to women than auto accidents, muggings and rapes combined.  (Stark, E., and A. Flitcraft. "Violence Among Inmates, An Epidemiological Review." Handbook of Family Violence. Ed. V.D. Van Hasselt, et.al. 1988).

In the United States, a woman is more likely to be assaulted, injured, raped or killed by a male partner than by any other type of assailant.  (Browne, A., and K.R. Williams. "Resource Availability for Woman at Risk: Its Relationship to Rates of Female-Perpetrated Partner Homicide." Paper presented at the American Society of Criminology Annual Meeting, November 11-14, 1987, Montreal, Canada).
 
 
 

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