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An Online Resource Library on Domestic & Sexual Violence
This fact sheet includes statistics on rates of gun violence against women, the role of intimate partner violence in mass shootings, as well as the number of guns exchanged in private transfers without background checks.
The fact sheet also briefly discusses federal gun laws.
This report details the results of several statewide studies of commercial sexual exploitation of female children in the United States. The results indicate a significant number of girls under age 18 are involved in the sex trade, with rates varying state-by-state. The results are part of a multiyear quarterly tracking study.
This fact sheet includes statistics spanning from 1998 to 2010 on the number of women murdered by an intimate partner, the use of firearms in the commission of intimate partner homicides, and the types of firearms used in the commission of these homicides.
This fact sheet lists ten facts regarding use of handguns in domestic violence situations, including facts on male versus female victims, homicide, and the effects of having a firearm in the home.
