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Violence & Sexual Abuse problems.Domestic violence statistics
One out of every four U.S. women will experience violence by an intimate partner in her lifetime; only one-seventh of domestic assaults come to the attention of police.
An estimated 4.8 million intimate partner rapes and physical assaults are perpetrated against women each year, 2 million result in physical injury, 552,192 require some type of medical treatment.
Homicide at the hands of an intimate partner accounts for one third of all female homicides, 5 percent of all male homicides.
One survey estimates that at least three out of every 100 men had severely assaulted their female partner in the preceding 12 months.
Forty-percent to 60 percent of men who abuse women also abuse children.
Characteristics of batterers.
Many batterers are intensely jealous, have low self-esteem, blame others for their behavior, use sex as an act of aggression and believe in male superiority. Some are Jekyll-Hydes, hiding their brutal side from the world.
Their three most common patterns are control and power, denigration and belittling; and withdrawal of affection and approval.
[ SEQ CHAPTER \h \r 1Sources: CDC/National Center for Injury Prevention and Control; Texas Department of Public Safety, National Coalition Against Domestic Violence; Mayo Clinic; Texas Council on Family Violence; Family Violence Prevention Services; Dr. Jeff Lohr.]
WEB sites.
FaithTrust Institute - for the Prevention of Sexual and Domestic Violence http://www.faithtrustinstitute.org/Domestic-Violence/index.htm
National Coalition Against Domestic Violence: www.ncadv.org
Department of Justice/Abuse, Rape and Domestic Violence Aid and Resource Center: www.aardvarc.org
Texas Council on Family Violence: www.tcfv.org
Minnesota Center Against Violence and Abuse: www.mincava.umn.edu
Mayo Clinic Women's Health: www.mayoclinic.com
National Mental Health Information Center: www.mentalhealth.org
Tubman Family Alliance is a pioneer in family violence prevention in Minnesota's Twin Cities metropolitan area with the aim of preventing and ending family violence. http://www.stopfamilyviolence.com/about/index.html
National Center for Injury Prevention and Control: www.cdc.gov
Above information taken from San Antonio Express/News October 28, 2003...web sites updated Sept 2004
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