Post by lace on Oct 20, 2006 22:35:58 GMT -5
[glow=red,2,300]Grim figures on domestic violence in America[/glow] 
The Family Violence Prevention Fund (www.endabuse.org) has compiled these statistics on domestic violence:
• Nearly one-third of American women report having been physically or sexually abused by a husband or boyfriend. advertisement
• In a national survey of more than 6,000 American families, 50 percent of the men who frequently assaulted their wives also frequently abused their children.
• As many as 10 million children witness some form of domestic violence annually.
• Forty percent of girls ages 14-17 report knowing someone their age who has been hit or beaten by a boyfriend.
• Thirty percent of Americans say they know a woman who has been physically abused by her husband or boyfriend in the past year.
• While women are less likely than men to be victims of violent crimes overall, women are five to eight times more likely than men to be victimized by an intimate partner.
• The health-related costs of rape, physical assault, stalking and homicide committed by intimate partners exceed $5.8 billion each year. Of that amount, nearly $4.1 billion is for direct medical and mental-health care services, and nearly $1.8 billion is for the indirect costs of lost productivity or wages
www.silentwitness.net/sub/violences.htm#home
The Family Violence Prevention Fund (www.endabuse.org) has compiled these statistics on domestic violence:
• Nearly one-third of American women report having been physically or sexually abused by a husband or boyfriend. advertisement
• In a national survey of more than 6,000 American families, 50 percent of the men who frequently assaulted their wives also frequently abused their children.
• As many as 10 million children witness some form of domestic violence annually.
• Forty percent of girls ages 14-17 report knowing someone their age who has been hit or beaten by a boyfriend.
• Thirty percent of Americans say they know a woman who has been physically abused by her husband or boyfriend in the past year.
• While women are less likely than men to be victims of violent crimes overall, women are five to eight times more likely than men to be victimized by an intimate partner.
• The health-related costs of rape, physical assault, stalking and homicide committed by intimate partners exceed $5.8 billion each year. Of that amount, nearly $4.1 billion is for direct medical and mental-health care services, and nearly $1.8 billion is for the indirect costs of lost productivity or wages
www.silentwitness.net/sub/violences.htm#home