Domestic Violence Equals Crime & Violence

Nearly 1 in 3 adult women experience at least one physical assault by a partner during adulthood (American Psychological Association, 1996).

While women are less likely than men to be victims of violent crimes overall, women are 5 to 8 times more likely than men to be victimized by an intimate partner (Violence by Intimates, 1998).

Every day, at least three women are murdered by their husbands or boyfriends in this country (Rennison and Welchans, 2000).

Each year, an estimated 3.3 million children witness their mothers or female caretakers being abused (American Psychological Association, 1996).

Between 12% and 35% of teenagers have experienced some form of violence from pushing and shoving to hitting in a dating relationship (Simon and Golden, 1997).

Husbands and boyfriends commit an estimated 13,000 acts of violence against women in the workplace each year (US Department of Justice, 1994).

Thirty-seven percent of all women who sought emergency room treatment for violence-related injuries were injured by a current or former spouse, boyfriend, or girlfriend (US Department of Justice, 1998).

Approximately 1.5 million women and 835,000 men are raped and/or physically assaulted by an intimate partner annually in the United States (Tjaden and Thoennes, 2000).

Physical violence in intimate relationships almost always is accompanied by psychological abuse, and in one-third to over half of cases by sexual abuse (Population Reports, 2000).

Approximately 80% of stalking cases involve women stalked by former male partners (Privacy Rights Clearinghouse, 1996).

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Domestic Violence Needs Serious Attention

By G. Terri Archer
September 21, 2009

From the feminization of domestic violence to victim blaming language to inadequate information and myths, many barriers to effective solutions still exist in our communities.

Amy Novotney, of the American Psychological Association, published an article outlining many long-standing obstacles to a national agenda for combating domestic abuse.

Novotney highlighted Michigan State University Professor of Psychology Dr. Rebecca Campbell's comments on this topic: "Improving collaborative relationships between practitioners and researchers is critical. Good research requires diverse knowledge and expertise and a debunking of the myths that advocates are cranky and researchers are clueless."

"She called for researchers to visit battered women's shelters and community mental health centers to speak with survivors and staff members." Dr. Campbell stated that only then will they gain a better sense for practical research topics and begin to understand the challenges clinicians face every day while working with this population of people, who are living with abuse and/or attempting to survive domestic violence.

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