FACTS ABOUT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

Domestic violence happens to both men and women in this country from every race, economic strata and state. Most statistics focus on violence against women, in part because this is more prevalent than violence against men and in part because as a society we are only beginning to recognize the extent to which men are victims of abuse.

FACTS:
While women are less likely than men to be victims of violent crimes overall, women are five to eight times more likely than men to be victimized by an intimate partner.

From 1992 to 1996, victimization by an intimate accounted for about 21 percent of the violence experienced by females and about two percent of the violent crime against males.

In 1996, approximately 1,800 murders were attributed to intimate partners. 75% of these victims were female and 25% were male.

Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Violence by Intimates: Analysis of Data on Crimes by Current or Former Spouses, Boyfriends, and Girlfriends, March 1998.

78% of stalking victims are women and 22% are men. 60% of women stalking victims are stalked by intimate partners. 30% of men who are victims of stalking are stalked by intimate partners.

Source: Center for Policy Research, Stalking in America , July 1997.

30% of women murdered in the US are murdered by their husbands, ex-husbands or boyfriends.
Source: Bureau of Justice Statistics National Crime Victimization Survey, August 1995.

Companies lose $31 billion every year due to domestic violence.

A woman is physically abused every 9 seconds in the US .

Domestic violence causes more injuries to women in the US between the ages of 15 and 44 than car accidents, muggings and rapes, combined.

Source: Violence Prevention Coalition of Greater Los Angeles , 1997.

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