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Here are some Quick Facts about Violence in the United States affecting women and children:
There Are Nearly 1,000,000 Assaults Each Year Upon Women: 80 pct. of These Happen at Home.
One-half of Those
Assaulted are Injured: 20% Require Medical Treatment.
Sixty Percent of Women Don't Feel Safe In Their Neighborhoods.
Seventy-Five Percent Fear Using Public Transit.
More than Half the Victims of Intimate Violence Live in Households Where They Are Children Under the Age of 12.
Fifty Percent of Men Who Frequently Assault Their Wives Also Abuse Their Children.
Information sources: Staus & Gelles, Physical Violence in American, 1990; Analysis, Violence by Intimates, US Dept. of Justice, 1998.
Teenagers experience the highest incidence of rape and assault: 44% of victims are under the age of 18.
Two-thirds of sex offenders had victims under the age of 18 and 40 pct. of their victims were age 12 or younger.
90 Pct. Of Victims Knew The Offender Before the Offense.
Information Sources:
Bureau of Justice Statistics
US Dept. of Justice
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