Help Stop Abuse on Women
STATISTICS
• 95% of the victims are female.
• 95-98% of the perpetrators are male.
• Every 15 seconds a woman is beaten, raped, or killed.
• Domestic violence occurs among all racial, ethnic, religious, and socioeconomic groups.
• Battering is the largest single major cause of injury to women.
• Everyday, 4 women are murdered at the hands of an intimate partner.
• About 2 - 4 million American women are battered each year by their partners.
• Women are at a 75% greater risk of being killed after they leave their partners.
• About 1/3 of female homicide victims are killed by their partners.
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Boys who have witnessed abuse of their mothers are twice as likely to abuse their female partners and children as adults.
• Children who witness domestic violence are more likely to commit sexual assault crimes.
• Between 3 and 10 million American children witness domestic violence each year.
• Children of abused mothers are more likely to attempt suicide, abuse drugs and alcohol, run away from home, and engage in teenage prostitution
