Physical & Emotional Abuse Support Group
Abuse is a general term for the treatment of someone that causes some kind of harm (to the abused person, to the abusers themselves, or to someone else) that is unlawful or wrongful. No one deserves abuse, period. Abuse can be emotional, physical, or sexual.
This compilation of statistics was
done and published around fifteen
years old by the American Bar
Association's Commission on
Domestic and Sexual Violence.
(I'll look for a more recent report
over the weekend.)
Also, I'm just pasting in a piece
of the entire paper which is well
worth a look for those with the
time and interest. URL address
is at the bottom of this post.
Domestic Violence Statistics Survey of Recent Statistics
This survey is provided as a service for legal practitioners and advocates who may find it useful to include current statistical data in their arguments to the court. It is not intended to be a comprehensive listing of research in the area of domestic violence.
All citations conform to the format for court documents described in The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation (18th Ed.).
The ABA Commission on Domestic & Sexual Violence does not engage in research, and cannot vouch for the quality or accuracy of any of the data excerpted here. Users are advised to independently confirm data with source documents cited.
Prevalence of Domestic Violence | Stalking | Stalking on Campus | Sexual Assault | Trafficking | Immigrants | Teens | Elders | Same-Sex | Welfare | Workplace | Offender Recidivism | Children Physical Injury and Medical Treatment | Law Enforcement | Effect of Protection Orders FMI National Violence Against Women Survey
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Prevalence of Domestic Violence
In a 1995-1996 study conducted in the 50 States and the District of Columbia, nearly 25% of women and 7.6% of men were raped and/or physically assaulted by a current or former spouse, cohabiting partner, or dating partner/acquaintance at some time in their lifetime (based on survey of 16,000 participants, equally male and female).
Patricia Tjaden & Nancy Thoennes, U.S. Dep't of Just., NCJ 181867, Extent, Nature, and Consequences of Intimate Partner Violence, at iii (2000), available at http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/nij/pubs-sum/181867.htm
Approximately 1.3 million women and 835,000 men are physically assaulted by an intimate partner annually in the United States.
Patricia Tjaden & Nancy Thoennes, U.S. Dep't of Just., NCJ 183781, Full Report of the Prevalence, Incidence, and Consequences of Intimate Partner Violence Against Women: Findings from the National Violence Against Women Survey, at iv (2000), available at http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/nij/pubs-sum/183781.htm
Intimate partner violence made up 20% of all nonfatal violent crime experienced by women in 2001.
Callie Marie Rennison, U.S. Dep't of Just., NCJ 197838, Bureau of Justice Statistics Crime Data Brief: Intimate Partner Violence, 1993-2001, at 1 (2003), available at http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/pub/pdf/ipv01.pdf
Intimate partners committed 3% of the nonfatal violence against men.
Callie Marie Rennison, U.S. Dep't of Just., NCJ 197838, Bureau of Justice Statistics Crime Data Brief: Intimate Partner Violence, 1993-2001, at 1 (2003), available at http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/pub/pdf/ipv01.pdf
In 2000, 1,247 women and 440 men were killed by an intimate partner. In recent years, an intimate partner killed approximately 33% of female murder victims and 4% of male murder victims.
Callie Marie Rennison, U.S. Dep't of Just., NCJ 197838, Bureau of Justice Statistics Crime Data Brief: Intimate Partner Violence, 1993-2001, at 1 (2003), available at http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/pub/pdf/ipv01.pdf
Access to firearms yields a more than five-fold increase in risk of intimate partner homicide when considering other factors of abuse, according to a recent study, suggesting that abusers who possess guns tend to inflict the most severe abuse on their partners.
Jacquelyn C. Campbell et al., Risk Factors For Femicide in Abusive Relationships: Results From A Multi-Site Case Control Study, 93 Am. J. of Public Health 1089, 1092 (2003), abstract available at http://www.ajph.org/cgi/content/abstract/93/7/1089
Of females killed with a firearm, almost two-thirds were killed by their intimate partners. The number of females shot and killed by their husband or intimate partner was more than three times higher than the total number murdered by male strangers using all weapons combined in single victim/single offender incidents in 2002.
The Violence Pol'y Ctr., When Men Murder Women: An Analysis of 2002 Homicide Data: Females Murdered by Males in Single Victim/Single Offender Incidents, at 7 (2004), available at http://www.vpc.org/studies/wmmw2004.pdf
According to the U.S. Department of Justice, between 1998 and 2002:
Of the almost 3.5 million violent crimes committed against family members, 49% of these were crimes against spouses.
84% of spouse abuse victims were females, and 86% of victims of dating partner abuse at were female.
Males were 83% of spouse murderers and 75% of dating partner murderers
50% of offenders in state prison for spousal abuse had killed their victims. Wives were more likely than husbands to be killed by their spouses: wives were about half of all spouses in the population in 2002, but 81% of all persons killed by their spouse.
Matthew R. Durose et al., U.S. Dep't of Just., NCJ 207846, Bureau of Justice Statistics, Family Violence Statistics: Including Statistics on Strangers and Acquaintances, at 31-32 (2005), available at http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/pub/pdf/fvs.pdf
Stalking According to the Stalking Resource Center:
1,006,970 women and 370,990 men are stalked annually in the United States.
1 in 12 women and 1 in 45 men will be stalked in their lifetime.
77% of female and 64% of male victims know their stalker.
87% of stalkers are men.
59% of female victims and 30% of male victims are stalked by an intimate partner.
81% of women stalked by a current or former intimate partner are also physically assaulted by that partner.
31% of women stalked by a current or former intimate partner are also sexually assaulted by that partner.
The average duration of stalking is 1.8 years.
If stalking involves intimate partners, the average duration of stalking increases to 2.2 years.
61% of stalkers made unwanted phone calls; 33% sent or left unwanted letters or items; 29% vandalized property; and 9% killed or threatened to kill a family pet.
28% of female victims and 10% of male victims obtained a protective order. 69% of female victims and 81% of male victims had the protection order violated.
Stalking Resource Ctr., The Nat'l Ctr. for Victims of Crime, Stalking Fact Sheet, http://www.ncvc.org/src/Main.aspx (citing Patricia Tjaden & Nancy Thoennes, U.S. Dep't of Justice, NCJ 169592, Stalking in America: Findings from the National Violence Against Women Survey (1998)
In a study done between 1994 and 1998 in ten U.S. cities (Baltimore, Houston, Texas, Kansas City (KS), Kansas City (MO), Los Angeles, New York, Portland, Oregon, Seattle, Washington, St. Petersburg/Tampa, and Wichita:
76% of femicide victims had been stalked by the person who killed them.
67% had been physically abused by their intimate partner.
89% of femicide victims who had been physically abused had also
been stalked in the 12 months before the murder.
79% of abused femicide victims reported stalking during the same period that they reported abuse.
85% of attempted femicide cases involved at least one episode of stalking within 12 months prior to the attempted femicide.
54% of femicide victims reported stalking to police before they were killed by their stalkers.
Stalking Resource Ctr., The Nat'l Ctr. for Victims of Crime, Stalking Fact Sheet, http://www.ncvc.org/src/main.aspx?dbID=DB_Intimate_Partner_Femicide122 (citing Judith McFarlane et al., 3 Homicide Studies 300-316 (1999)
http://www.americanbar.org/groups/domestic_violence/resources/statistics.html
done and published around fifteen
years old by the American Bar
Association's Commission on
Domestic and Sexual Violence.
(I'll look for a more recent report
over the weekend.)
Also, I'm just pasting in a piece
of the entire paper which is well
worth a look for those with the
time and interest. URL address
is at the bottom of this post.
Domestic Violence Statistics Survey of Recent Statistics
This survey is provided as a service for legal practitioners and advocates who may find it useful to include current statistical data in their arguments to the court. It is not intended to be a comprehensive listing of research in the area of domestic violence.
All citations conform to the format for court documents described in The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation (18th Ed.).
The ABA Commission on Domestic & Sexual Violence does not engage in research, and cannot vouch for the quality or accuracy of any of the data excerpted here. Users are advised to independently confirm data with source documents cited.
Prevalence of Domestic Violence | Stalking | Stalking on Campus | Sexual Assault | Trafficking | Immigrants | Teens | Elders | Same-Sex | Welfare | Workplace | Offender Recidivism | Children Physical Injury and Medical Treatment | Law Enforcement | Effect of Protection Orders FMI National Violence Against Women Survey
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Prevalence of Domestic Violence
In a 1995-1996 study conducted in the 50 States and the District of Columbia, nearly 25% of women and 7.6% of men were raped and/or physically assaulted by a current or former spouse, cohabiting partner, or dating partner/acquaintance at some time in their lifetime (based on survey of 16,000 participants, equally male and female).
Patricia Tjaden & Nancy Thoennes, U.S. Dep't of Just., NCJ 181867, Extent, Nature, and Consequences of Intimate Partner Violence, at iii (2000), available at http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/nij/pubs-sum/181867.htm
Approximately 1.3 million women and 835,000 men are physically assaulted by an intimate partner annually in the United States.
Patricia Tjaden & Nancy Thoennes, U.S. Dep't of Just., NCJ 183781, Full Report of the Prevalence, Incidence, and Consequences of Intimate Partner Violence Against Women: Findings from the National Violence Against Women Survey, at iv (2000), available at http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/nij/pubs-sum/183781.htm
Intimate partner violence made up 20% of all nonfatal violent crime experienced by women in 2001.
Callie Marie Rennison, U.S. Dep't of Just., NCJ 197838, Bureau of Justice Statistics Crime Data Brief: Intimate Partner Violence, 1993-2001, at 1 (2003), available at http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/pub/pdf/ipv01.pdf
Intimate partners committed 3% of the nonfatal violence against men.
Callie Marie Rennison, U.S. Dep't of Just., NCJ 197838, Bureau of Justice Statistics Crime Data Brief: Intimate Partner Violence, 1993-2001, at 1 (2003), available at http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/pub/pdf/ipv01.pdf
In 2000, 1,247 women and 440 men were killed by an intimate partner. In recent years, an intimate partner killed approximately 33% of female murder victims and 4% of male murder victims.
Callie Marie Rennison, U.S. Dep't of Just., NCJ 197838, Bureau of Justice Statistics Crime Data Brief: Intimate Partner Violence, 1993-2001, at 1 (2003), available at http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/pub/pdf/ipv01.pdf
Access to firearms yields a more than five-fold increase in risk of intimate partner homicide when considering other factors of abuse, according to a recent study, suggesting that abusers who possess guns tend to inflict the most severe abuse on their partners.
Jacquelyn C. Campbell et al., Risk Factors For Femicide in Abusive Relationships: Results From A Multi-Site Case Control Study, 93 Am. J. of Public Health 1089, 1092 (2003), abstract available at http://www.ajph.org/cgi/content/abstract/93/7/1089
Of females killed with a firearm, almost two-thirds were killed by their intimate partners. The number of females shot and killed by their husband or intimate partner was more than three times higher than the total number murdered by male strangers using all weapons combined in single victim/single offender incidents in 2002.
The Violence Pol'y Ctr., When Men Murder Women: An Analysis of 2002 Homicide Data: Females Murdered by Males in Single Victim/Single Offender Incidents, at 7 (2004), available at http://www.vpc.org/studies/wmmw2004.pdf
According to the U.S. Department of Justice, between 1998 and 2002:
Of the almost 3.5 million violent crimes committed against family members, 49% of these were crimes against spouses.
84% of spouse abuse victims were females, and 86% of victims of dating partner abuse at were female.
Males were 83% of spouse murderers and 75% of dating partner murderers
50% of offenders in state prison for spousal abuse had killed their victims. Wives were more likely than husbands to be killed by their spouses: wives were about half of all spouses in the population in 2002, but 81% of all persons killed by their spouse.
Matthew R. Durose et al., U.S. Dep't of Just., NCJ 207846, Bureau of Justice Statistics, Family Violence Statistics: Including Statistics on Strangers and Acquaintances, at 31-32 (2005), available at http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/pub/pdf/fvs.pdf
Stalking According to the Stalking Resource Center:
1,006,970 women and 370,990 men are stalked annually in the United States.
1 in 12 women and 1 in 45 men will be stalked in their lifetime.
77% of female and 64% of male victims know their stalker.
87% of stalkers are men.
59% of female victims and 30% of male victims are stalked by an intimate partner.
81% of women stalked by a current or former intimate partner are also physically assaulted by that partner.
31% of women stalked by a current or former intimate partner are also sexually assaulted by that partner.
The average duration of stalking is 1.8 years.
If stalking involves intimate partners, the average duration of stalking increases to 2.2 years.
61% of stalkers made unwanted phone calls; 33% sent or left unwanted letters or items; 29% vandalized property; and 9% killed or threatened to kill a family pet.
28% of female victims and 10% of male victims obtained a protective order. 69% of female victims and 81% of male victims had the protection order violated.
Stalking Resource Ctr., The Nat'l Ctr. for Victims of Crime, Stalking Fact Sheet, http://www.ncvc.org/src/Main.aspx (citing Patricia Tjaden & Nancy Thoennes, U.S. Dep't of Justice, NCJ 169592, Stalking in America: Findings from the National Violence Against Women Survey (1998)
In a study done between 1994 and 1998 in ten U.S. cities (Baltimore, Houston, Texas, Kansas City (KS), Kansas City (MO), Los Angeles, New York, Portland, Oregon, Seattle, Washington, St. Petersburg/Tampa, and Wichita:
76% of femicide victims had been stalked by the person who killed them.
67% had been physically abused by their intimate partner.
89% of femicide victims who had been physically abused had also
been stalked in the 12 months before the murder.
79% of abused femicide victims reported stalking during the same period that they reported abuse.
85% of attempted femicide cases involved at least one episode of stalking within 12 months prior to the attempted femicide.
54% of femicide victims reported stalking to police before they were killed by their stalkers.
Stalking Resource Ctr., The Nat'l Ctr. for Victims of Crime, Stalking Fact Sheet, http://www.ncvc.org/src/main.aspx?dbID=DB_Intimate_Partner_Femicide122 (citing Judith McFarlane et al., 3 Homicide Studies 300-316 (1999)
http://www.americanbar.org/groups/domestic_violence/resources/statistics.html
of Connecticut (approx.
3.5 million), each year
over the last fifteen years,
a woman was murdered
every month by an intimate
partner. The number is
actually higher than one
murder a month. The
number of deaths
averages over the past
fifteen years averages
fourteen women killed
every year. That's 210
women killed by abusers
in a decade and a half.
http://www.ncadv.org/learn/statistics (National Coalition Against Domestic Violence)
I'm not sure how recent this is. I called & left a message & will post the date as soon as I hear back from them.
"National Statistics
Every 9 seconds in the US, a woman is assaulted or beaten.
On average, nearly 20 people per minute are physically abused by an intimate partner in the United States. During one year, this equates to more than 10 million women and men.
1 in 3 women and 1 in 4 men have been victims of [some form of] physical violence by an intimate partner within their lifetime.
1 in 5 women and 1 in 7 men have been victims of severe physical violence by an intimate partner in their lifetime.
1 in 7 women and 1 in 18 men have been stalked by an intimate partner during their lifetime to the point in which they felt very fearful or believed that they or someone close to them would be harmed or killed.
On a typical day, there are more than 20,000 phone calls placed to domestic violence hotlines nationwide.
The presence of a gun in a domestic violence situation increases the risk of homicide by 500%.
Intimate partner violence accounts for 15% of all violent crime.
Women between the ages of 18-24 are most commonly abused by an intimate partner.
19% of domestic violence involves a weapon.
Domestic victimization is correlated with a higher rate of depression and suicidal behavior.
Only 34% of people who are injured by intimate partners receive medical care for their injuries."
And there's more.
It also has a link to state by state stats.
And this is ONLY what is reported. I wish I knew what the estimated stats are on UNreported DV.
I myself have even experienced this on DS in the past.
I hope you are able to find the support you need.
I agree with you that
society is historically
biased against
identifying and
subsequently supporting
men who are victims
of d.v. (My father was
himself, a victim,
throughout his entire
lifetime.)
That's why all H.E.A.L.
circles (which have
been running now
for the past ten years
throughout Connecticut)
are open to men, as
well as women. We
had a gentleman in
last night's circle. He
has been participating
in H.E.A.L. circles for
much of the time I've
facilitated a circle in
his area, which is
most of the last ten
years.
(For the record, all H.E.A.L.
circles as well as private
consultations are totatlly
free of charge.)
I'm sorry you've experienced
any kind of gender bias
here on D.S. Knowing
how isolated my father
was in his experience
of spousal abuse hurts
my heart, whenever I
think of him, which is
virtually every day. The
work I do through H.E.A.L.
is very much, done and
dedicated with my
wonderful father in mind.
He was the truest definition
of a gentle man.
In our own family there are women who strong armed their husbands from seeing their very own children from previous marriages!
In my nephew's case, his wife told him.. "if you continue to see your brother, you and I are not going to work out" scare tactics and bullying... the poor guy stays away from anyone she tells him to.
Whenever one human gives their power away because they fear a bully's threats, it's a bad situation.
mean people suck! Don't let them push you around.
There just isn't much support out there for men abused by women (even in professional settings like shelters and help lines).
https://nationalparentsorganization.org/blog/3977-researcher-what-hap-3977
Here's a link to an article about a study done on this issue. In the study they found that most of the time when a man calls a domestic violence/abuse help line he is either turned away and told they only help women; accused of being the real abuser; and/or referred to a batterer's program (programs for abusive men). In plenty of cases the workers at these help lines even ridiculed the men who called looking for help.
My contact said she is going to make sure they have everything as up to date as they can on the website but it might take a couple of weeks.
I liked this site because they gave links to each state's statistics. Sadly not all of the states were forthcoming w/the number of reported DV incidents.
I know that many DV incidents aren't reported out of fear of reprisal and those that are, aren't necessarily included in the statistics.
I also know that even in this day and age, some victims (both men & women) are not believed and are treated as if they are the perpetrators. And, while there are some very good caring & qualified shelters out there, not every shelter & the "help" they offer is qualified, functional or healthy.
Ultimately, we must still be our own best advocates. Educate yourself. Ask questions & keep asking questions, even if you're questioning the status quo. Just because it's the status quo doesn't make it right or good.
And above, all trust your own inner knowing.