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In 95% of all domestic violence incidents, crimes are committed by men against women. – (Violence Against Women, Bureau of Justice Statistics, U.S. Department of Justice, January, 1994)
A third of all women’s injuries coming into our emergency rooms are no accident. Most are the result of deliberate, premeditated acts of violence. And frequently they occur over and over until the woman is killed. (Dr. Kevin Funllin, American Medical Association, public service ad, Time magazine)
Children who grow up in violent homes have a 74% higher likelihood of committing criminal assaults. (Survey of Massachusetts Dept. of Youth Services)
It is estimated that 503,485 women are stalked by an intimate partner each year in the United States. – (National Institute of Justice, July 2000)
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. – (Report of the American Psychological Association Presidential Task Force on Violence and the Family, APA, 1996)
Forty percent of teenage girls age 14 to 17 report knowing someone their age who has been hit or beaten by a boyfriend. – (Children Now/Kaiser Permanente poll, December, 1995)
64% of boys ages 11-20 who are incarcerated for murder have killed their mother’s assaulter.
Girls where the mother is being assaulted are 65% more likely to be sexually abused.
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The following statistics are taken from the National Clearinghouse for the Defense of Battered Women
The American Medical Association estimates that over 4 million women are victims of severe assaults by boyfriends and husbands each year. About 1 in 4 women is likely to be abused by a partner in her lifetime.
The victim in domestic violence is female in 85% of all cases reported. She is white in 64% of domestic violence cases. The average age of the offender is 31 years.
As many as 324,000 women each year experience intimate partner violence during their pregnancy.
On average, more than three women are murdered by their husbands or boyfriends in this country every day. In 2000, 1,247 women were killed by an intimate partner. The same year, 440 men were killed by an intimate partner.
Pregnant and recently pregnant women are more likely to be victims of homicide than to die of any other cause, and evidence exists that a significant proportion of all female homicide victims are killed by their intimate partners.
#1 cause of birth defects is domestic violence.
Approximately one in five female high school students reports being physically and/or sexually abused by a dating partner.
Eight percent of high school age girls said "yes" when asked if "a boyfriend or date has ever forced sex against your will."
Slightly more than half of female victims of intimate violence live in households with children under age 12.
Studies suggest that between 3.3 - 10 million children witness some form of domestic violence annually.
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If you have any questions regarding domestic violence or the Caldwell Police Victim/Witness unit please send your question(s) to:
Email: victimwitness@ci.caldwell.id.us
or call 208-455-3112 or 208-455-4698
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