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Definition of Family Violence
Domestic Violence Statistics
Domestic Violence Impact on Children
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Domestic Violence Statistics
Incidents In Texas
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2001 |
2000 |
1999 |
1998 |
1997 |
| DV Incidents |
180,385 |
175,282 |
177,176 |
175,725 |
181,773 |
| Women killed by intimate Male partners |
113 |
104 |
99 |
110 |
102 |
In Texas
- Batterers between the ages of 20 and 24 accounted for the highest number of family violence incidents in Texas in 2000, with the second highest being batterers between the ages of 25 and 20.
The Texas Department of Public Safety
- The majority of victims of family violence in Texas 2000 were between the ages of 20 and 24.
The Texas Department of Public Safety
- In 2000, there were more than 615 Texas law enforcement officers assaulted during the course of reported family violence incidents.
The Texas Department of Public Safety
- The most common weapon involved in family violence cases in 2000 in Texas was physical force through the use of hands, feet, and fists. That accounted for 77 percent of the incidents.
The Texas Department of Public Safety
- Of all the women killed in 1997 in Texas, 35% were murdered by their intimate male partners. This is higher than the national average of 28% reported by the FBI.
The Texas Department of Public Safety
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Services Received In Texas by Family Violence Victims
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2001 |
2000 |
1999 |
1998 |
| Adults Sheltered |
12,589 |
11,841 |
11,423 |
11,872 |
| Children Sheltered |
16,838 |
15,779 |
15,066 |
15,188 |
| Adults receiving non-residential services (i.e., counseling, legal advocacy, etc.) |
35,263 |
32,513 |
28,196 |
25,555 |
| Children receiving non-residential services |
13,265 |
10,781 |
10,104 |
8,200 |
| Adults denied shelter (due to lack of space) |
16% |
23% |
23% |
3,796 |
| Hotline calls answered |
156,518 |
162,809 |
157,248 |
136,008 |
| Referrals and information provided to batterers |
7,332 |
7,911 |
8,601 |
11,035 |
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National Prevalence Statistics
- The National Domestic Violence Hotline (NDVH) has received more than 747,000 calls since February 1996.
NDVH, April 2002
- Approximately 1.5 million women are raped and/or physically assaulted by an intimate partner each year in the United States.
National Institute of Justice, July 2000
- Estimates range from 960,000 incidents of violence against a current or former spouse, boyfriend, or girlfriend per year to 4 million women who are physically abused by their husbands or live-in partners per year.
Violence by Intimates: Analysis of Data on Crimes by Current or
Former Spouses, Boyfriends and Girlfriends, US Department of Justice, March 1998
- Violence by an intimate accounts for about 21% of violent crime experienced by women and about 2% of the violence experienced by men.
Violence by Intimates: Analysis of Data on Crimes by Current or
Former Spouses, Boyfriends and Girlfriends, US Department of Justice, March 1998
- In 1994, women separated from their spouses had a victimization rate one and a half times higher than separated men, divorced men, or divorced women.
Sex Differences in Violent Victimization, 1994, US Department of Justice, September 1997
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Homicide Statistics
- On average, more than three women are murdered by their husbands or boyfriends in this country everyday. In 1998, approximately 1,830 murders were attributed to intimates; nearly three out of four of the murder victims were women.
US Department of Justice, Intimate Partner Violence, May 2000
- In 1996, among all female murder victims in the US, 30% were slain by their husbands or boyfriends.
Uniform Crime Reports of the US 1996, Federal Bureau of Investigation, 1996
- 31,260 women were murdered by an intimate from 1976 . 1996.
Violence by Intimates: Analysis of Data on Crimes by Current or
Former Spouses, Boyfriends and Girlfriends, US Department of Justice, March 1998
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Domestic Violence and the Impact on Children
- Studies show that child abuse occurs in 30 . 60% of family violence cases that involve families with children.
"The overlap between child maltreatment and woman battering."
JL Edleson, Violence Against Women, February 1999
- A child's exposure to the father abusing the mother is the strongest risk factor for transmitting violent behavior from one generation to the next.
Report of the American Psychological Association Presidential
Task Force on Violence and the Family, APA, 1996
- Forty percent of teenage girls age 14 . 17 report knowing someone their age who has been hit or beaten by a boyfriend.
Children Now/Kaiser Permanente poll, December, 1995
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Dating Statistics
- Eighty-nine percent of teenagers between the ages of 13 and 18 say they have been in dating relationship.
Children Now/Kaiser Permanente poll, December, 1995
- Forty percent of teenage girls ages 14 to 17 report knowing someone their age who has been hit or beaten by a boyfriend.
Children Now/Kaiser Permanente poll, December, 1995
- One in five adolescent girls will be physically and/or sexually abused in a dating relationship.
Dating Violence Against Adolescent Girls And Associated
Substance Abuse, Unhealthy Weight Control, Sexual Risk
Behavior, Pregnancy and Suicide; Journal of the American Medical Association, August 2001.
- Physical and sexual abuse against adolescent girls in dating relationships increases the likelihood that the girl will abuse drugs and/or alcohol, develop an eating disorder, consider and/or attempt suicide, engage in risky behavior and/or become pregnant.
Dating Violence Against Adolescent Girls And Associated
Substance Abuse, Unhealthy Weight Control, Sexual Risk
Behavior, Pregnancy and Suicide; Journal of the American Medical Association, August 2001.
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Stalking Statistics
- It is estimated that 503,485 women are stalked by an intimate partner each year in the United States.
National Institute of Justice, July 2001
- Seventy-eight percent of stalking victims are women. Women are significantly more likely than men (60 percent and 30 percent respectively) to be stalked by intimate partners.
Center for Policy Research, Stalking in America, July 1997
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Domestic Violence and the Workplace
- Family violence costs the nation from $5 to $10 billion annually in medical expenses, police and court costs, shelters and foster care, sick leave, absenteeism, and non-productivity.
Medical News, American Medical Association, January 1992
- Husbands and boyfriends commit 13,000 acts of violence against women in the workplace every year.
Violence and Theft in the Workplace, US Department of Justice, July 1994
- The majority of welfare recipients have experienced domestic abuse in their adult lives and a high percentage are currently abused.
Trapped by Poverty, Trapped by Abuse: New Evidence
Documenting the Relationship Between Domestic Violence and Welfare, The Taylor Institute, April 1997
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