The statistics about those who are affected by intimate partner violence are staggering; domestic abuse affects 3%-5% of current adult relationships in the United States, including more than 2 million women. Despite this issue disproportionately affecting women, the myth that violence against men does...
As Domestic Violence Awareness Month comes to an end, discussions about intimate partner abuse and its horrible repercussions should not. In an attempt to illustrate the gravity of abuse all genders (but largely women) face in the U.S., we rounded up 30 statistics on domestic violence. Domesti...
Ottawa: Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics/Statistics Canada. Google Scholar Ursel, J. (2006). “Over policed and under protected”: A question of justice for Aboriginal women. In M. R. Hampton & N. Gerrard (Eds.), Intimate partner violence: Reflections on experience, theory, and ...
Migrant workers have a high employment rate, but they work long hours in low-skilled, low-wage work, are exposed to non-payment or delayed payment of wages and physical and verbal violence, and their labor rights are greatly restricted. They cannot bring their families, and their opportunities...
Fact #1: 18.3 % of women in the United States have survived a completed or attempted rape. Of these, 12.3% were younger than age 12 when they were first raped, and 29.9% were between the ages of 11 an...Domestic Violence StatisticsPoetry...
In recent years, family and domestic violence (FDV) has become a national priority within Australia. Statistics have shown alarming rates of abuse in intimate relationships, including physical and sexual violence (1 in 6 women and 1 in 16 men) and emotional abuse (1 in 4 women and 1 in 6...
You may have heard that one out of every four women— and one out of every seven men — has been a victim of severe physical violence from a partner. These stats are so staggeringly high, they’re almost incomprehensible — especially when you apply them to your group of friends in a ...
In recent years, family and domestic violence (FDV) has become a national priority within Australia. Statistics have shown alarming rates of abuse in intimate relationships, including physical and sexual violence (1 in 6 women and 1 in 16 men) and emotional abuse (1 in 4 women and 1 in 6...
Within the Act, exposure of the child to DFV includes seeing or hearing the violence or witnessing harm resulting from the violence. The NT was the first jurisdiction in Australia to mandate the reporting of all incidents of DFV, no matter the age of the victim(s) (Northern Territory ...
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE TAKES TOLL 2001 STATISTICS RELEASED.(METRO)Elbow, Steven