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An Online Resource Library on Domestic & Sexual Violence
Updated in Summer 2001, This fact sheet lists statistics regarding domestic violence and/or battering incidents. The fact sheet lists statistics under the following headings: Prevalence; Health Consequences of Domestic Violence; Children's Health and Domestic Violence; Cost of Domestic Violence; Identification of Domestic Violence (highlighting present screening practices in health care settings); and Pregnancy.
"One of the most common forms of violence against women is that performed by a husband or intimate male partner. Although women can be violent in relationships with men, and violence is also found in same-sex partnerships, the overwhelming health burden of partner violence is borne by women at the hands of men."
This fact sheet pulls from selected national studies to describe the global epidemic of intimate partner violence in the following categories:
This paper presents findings from several studies demonstrating that women who experience domestic violence are more at risk for mental health problems.
"Recognizing the need to better measure both the scope of the problem of intimate partner violence (IPV) as well as resulting economic costsÑin particular, those related to health careÑCongress funded the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to conduct a study to obtain national estimates of the occurrence of IPV-related injuries, to estimate their costs to the health care system, and to recommend strategies to prevent IPV and its consequences." The resulting report, Costs of Intimate Partner Violence Against Women in the United States: describes briefly the development
"Does intimate partner violence occur more in disadvantaged neighborhoods? For women, having financial problems in their intimate relationships and living in an economically distressed neighborhood combine to create greater risk of injury and violence. This NIJ Research in Brief (NCJ 205004) discusses who is most at risk and details the role that economic policies and employment practices might play in reducing the risk of intimate violence."
Report uses the U.S. National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) to examine violent crimes committed against Hispanic victims including ; rape, sexual assault, robbery, aggravated assault, and simple assault. As stated in its BJS abstract: "Crime victimizations of Hispanics are compared with those of four non-Hispanic groups: whites, blacks, American Indians, and Asians.
The findings include the involvement of alcohol, drugs, and weapons in violence against Indians. The report describes victim-offender relationships, the race of those involved in violence against Indians, and the rate of reporting to police by victims. It discusses the rates of arrest, suspect investigations and charges filed, and incarceration of Indians for violent crimes."
Findings include involvement of alcohol, drugs, and weapons in violence both against and by Native Americans; victim-offender relationships and the offender's race; the rate of reporting to police by victims; and injuries, hospitalization, and financial loss suffered by victims.
Some of the ACEs considered for this study include living in a household with recurrent physical abuse, recurrent emotional abuse, sexual abuse, a mother being treated violently and/or emotional or physical neglect. The author notes that ACE categories do not occur in isolation, and that work must be done to address their impact on adult health and well being.
Cites surveys and reports published between 1987 and 1996, briefly describing: what is domestic violence; what is child abuse; how does domestic violence affect children; and similarities/correlations between domestic violence and/or child abuse.
Addresses the impact of domestic violence on children and the likelihood that men who abuse their partners will also abuse their children. Lists statistics that reflect the most recent research concerning the effects of domestic violence on children.
"These three types of intervention with men who batter-men's groups, couples counseling, and community intervention projects-dominate in North America. Despite the growing use of both criminal justice and social service interventions, the evidence for their efficacy is not clearly established. This paper reviews the research on effectiveness of social service interventions for batterers. However, the effectiveness of these services must be viewed in the context of the other responses which may impact upon batterers abusive behavior.
Compiles some U.S. BJS and FBI data on violence between people who have an intimate relationship: spouses, ex-spouses, and current and former boyfriends and girlfriends. Includes violent crimes of murder, rape, sexual assault, and simple assault.
This Research in Brief addresses whether sexual and physical abuse in childhood and adolescence are risk factors for becoming a victim of violence against women as an adult. It provides useful information for the application of secondary prevention initiatives - targeted services to select (at-risk) individuals, in an effort to decrease the incidence of violence against women by reducing known or suspected risk factors.
The Magnitude and Many Forms of Gender-Based Violence; Violence Against Women and the MDGs; Mobilizing for ÔZero Tolerance'; and Men Take a Stand. This chapter provides a global picture of violence against women, affirming that "freedom from violence, especially for girls and women" is a core right and essential to the ability to lead a productive life.
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The report is available to download as either an ASCII text file or an Adobe Acrobat file.
This paper explores claims of gender symmetry in intimate partners' use of violence by reviewing the empirical foundations of the research and critiquing existing sources of data on domestic violence.
Excerpt: "In 1995, the International Center for Research on Women (ICRW) and the Centre for Development and Population Activities (CEDPA) began working in partnership to manage the 'Promoting Women in Development' (PROWID) grants program, funded by the Office of Women in Development at the United States Agency for International Development (USAID)... This paper is one of several analytical documents synthesizing the findings across PROWID projects and their implications within the various theme areas."
This report notes that family violence rates have dropped by more than one half from 1993-2002. Published by the U.S.
As described in its Executive Summary, this report "presents findings from the National Violence Against Women (NVAW) Survey on the extent, nature, and consequences of intimate partner violence in the United States. . . . The survey consists of telephone interviews with a nationally representative sample of 8,000 U.S. women and 8,000 U.S. men about their experiences with intimate partner violence. The survey compares victimization rates among women and men, specific racial groups, Hispanics and non-Hispanics, and same-sex and opposite-sex cohabitants.
Series L, Number 11, in Population Reports is a comprehensive overview highlighting the two most prevalent types of abuse in the lives of women and girls around the world: (1) abuse of females within marriage and other intimate relationships; and, (2) coerced sex, whether it occurs in childhood, adolescence, or adulthood. The report finds that around the world at least one woman in every three has been beaten, coerced into sex, or otherwise abused in her lifetime. Most often the abuser is a member of her own family.
This document includes the paper Costs of Male Violence by Stefan de Vylder as its Appendix. "In this report, seven masculinity researchers write about masculinity in different parts of the world and about how masculinity is often linked to violence. These acts of violence are committed not only against women and children, but also against other men. The writers suggest a number of ways in which men can be involved in working to combat men's violence."
The argument presented in this paper is articulated through 13 key principles:
It also looks at the causes and consequences of domestic violence including health consequences, the imapct on children, the denial of fundamental rights and the undermining of a female's human development goals. It calculates the socio-economic costs of this violence and suggests an integrated approach to strategies and interventions on multiple systemic levels: the family, the local community, the state, and through international means.
The report found that 'serious crimes' were reported at around the same level in 2000 as 1999, after nearly a decade of decreases. It also found that the number of rapes and assaults reported to law enforcement officials increased slightly.
Analyses provide household prevalence estimates for violent and property crimes and information on those households experiencing vandalism and intimate partner violence. Findings are presented by race and Hispanic origin, by region, by urban, suburban or rural location and by household size. Overall trends since 1994 are included. Comparisons with 2002 are made."
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