National Statistics
According to the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence 1 in 4 women will experience domestic violence during her lifetime. 20% of violent crime against women was intimate partner violence, compared to 3 % of violent crime against men. 1 in 15 women and 1 in 33 men have experienced an attempted or completed rape. In 2000, 1,247 women and 440 men were killed by an intimate partner. In 1999, intimate partner homicides accounted for 32% of the murders of females and 4% of the murders of males. Between 3.3 and 10 million American Children witness domestic violence annually (Schechter, 2000). In 43% of households where domestic violence occurs, at least one child under the age of 12 lives in the home (Bureau of Justice Statistics Special Report, 2000)
According to a National Violence Against Women Survey, 22% of women, 15.4% of gay men, 11.4% of lesbians and 7.7% of heterosexual men, are assaulted by a date or intimate partner during their lives. More than 1......

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