rtner are also physically assaulted by that partner; 31% are also sexually assaulted by that partner.13
HOMICIDE AND INJURY
Almost one-third of female homicide victims that are reported in police records are killed by an intimate partner.14 In 70-80% of intimate partner homicides, no matter which partner was killed, the man physically abused the woman before the murder.12 Less than one-fifth of victims reporting an injury from intimate partner violence sought medical treatment following the injury.15 Intimate partner violence results in more than 18.5 million mental health care visits each year.16
The cost of intimate partner violence exceeds $5.8 billion each year, $4.1 billion of which is for direct medical and mental health services.17 Victims of intimate partner violence lost almost 8 million days of paid work because of the violence perpetrated against them by current or former husbands, boyfriends and dates. This loss is the equivalent of more than 32,000 full-time jobs and almost 5.6 million days of household productivity as a result of violence.17 There are 16,800 homicides and $2.2 million (medically treated) injuries due to intimate partner violence annually, which costs $37 billion.18
NCADV Public Policy Office · 1633 Q St NW # 210 · Washington, DC 20009 · (202) 745-1211 · Fax: (202) 745-0088 [email protected]
REPORTING RATES Domestic violence is one of the most chronically underreported crimes.20 Only approximately one-quarter of all physical assaults, one-fifth of all rapes, and one-half of all stalkings perpetuated against females by intimate partners are reported to the police.1 PROTECTION ORDERS
Approximately 20% of the 1.5 million people who experience intimate partner violence annually obtain civil protection orders.1 Approximately one-half of the orders obtained by women against intimate partners who physically assaulted them were violated.1 More than two-thirds of the restraining orders against intimate partners who raped or stalked the victim were violated.
STATE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE LAWS
States differ on the type of relationship that qualifies under domestic violence laws. Most states require the perpetrator and victim to be current or former spouses, living together, or have a child in common. A significant number of states include current or former dating relationships in domestic violence laws. Delaware, Montana and South Carolina specifically exclude same-sex relationships in their domestic violence laws. To find more information on the domestic violence laws in your state, visit www.womenslaw.org.
IF YOU NEED HELP
For more information or to get help, please call: THE NATIONAL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE HOTLINE at 1-800-799-7233 THE NATIONAL SEXUAL ASSAULT HOTLINE AT 1-800-656-4673 THE NATIONAL TEEN DATING ABUSE HOTLINE AT 1-866-331-9474
Tjaden, Patricia & Thoennes, Nancy. National Institute of Justice and the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention, "Extent, Nature and Consequences of Intimate Partner Violence: Findings from the National Violence Against Women Survey," (2000). 2 Costs of Intimate Partner Violence Against Women in the United States. 2003. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Centers for Injury Prevention and Control. Atlanta, GA. 3 Bureau of Justice Statistics Crime Data Brief, Intimate Partner Violence, 1993-2001, February 2003. 4 U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics, "Criminal Victimization, 2005," September 2006. 5 U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics, "Intimate Partner Violence in the United States," December 2006. 6 Frieze, I.H., Browne, A. (1989) Violence in Marriage. In L.E. Ohlin & M. H. Tonry (eds.) Family Violence. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press. 7 Break the Cycle. (2006). Startling Statistics. http://www.breakthecycle.org/html%20files/I_4a_startstatis.htm. 8 Strauss, Gelles, and Smith, "Physical Violence in American Families: Risk Factors and Adaptations to Violence" in 8,145 Families. Transaction Publishers (1990). 9 Edelson, J.L. (1999). "The Overlap Between Child Maltreatment and Woman Battering." Violence Aga