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The Prevalence of Domestic Violence
Approximately 1.5 million women are physically assaulted by an intimate partner annually in the United States. Since many women experience multiple victimizations every year, an estimated 5.9 million physical assaults are perpetuated against U.S. women annually.
National Institute of Justice & Center for Disease Control, National Violence Against Women Survey, 1998
Women are the victims of intimate violence and homicide significantly more often than men. Intimate partner violence accounted for 21% of the violent crimes against men in 2000.
U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics, National Crime Victimization Survey, 2000.
Each day, more than three women in the United States are murdered by male intimate partners.
U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics, National Crime Victimization Survey, 2000.
Women are more likely to be victims of homicide when they separate from their husbands. 65% of intimate homicide victims had physically separated from the perpetrator prior to their death.
Florida Governor's Task Force on Domestic and Sexual violence, Florida Mortality Review Project, p. 47, 1997.
One-third of all police time is spent responding to domestic violence disturbance call.
National Center on Women & Family Law, Battered Women: The Facts, 1996.
It is estimated that approximately 25% of people in same-sex relationships experience violence by an intimate partner.
The Network for Battered Lesbians & the Gay Men's Domestic Violence Project, 2000.
According to the American Medical Association, injuries sustained from domestic violence account for 22%-35% of visits by women to emergency rooms annually.
Violence Against Women, Vol. 6, No. 5, p.534, May 2000.
57% of cities surveyed by the U.S. Conference of Mayors in 1999 identified domestic violence as the primary cause of homelessness.
The U.S. Conference of Mayors, A Status Report on Hunger &
Homelessness in America's Cities: 1999, December 1999.
Domestic Violence in Rhode Island
During calendar year 2005, the Rhode Island Coalition Against Domestic Violence's Six member agencies provided community services for 10,046 unduplicated victims of domestic violence.
Rhode Island Coalition Against Domestic Violence 2005 Annual Report, 2006
In 2005, Rhode Island's domestic violence crisis hotlines received 16,610 calls for crisis intervention, support and referrals.
Rhode Island Coalition Against Domestic Violence, 2006
In 2005, 492 adults and children sought relief from abuse at one of Rhode Island's six domestic violence emergency shelters. These adults and children remained sheltered for a cumulative total of 21,650 nights.
Rhode Island Coalition Against Domestic Violence, 2005 Annual Report, 2006
Police responded to more than 7,930 domestic violence calls in 2004.
Rhode Island Domestic Violence Training & Monitoring Unit, 2005
In 2005, 2,642 victims of abuse obtained Temporary Restraining Orders.
Rhode Island Coalition Against Domestic Violence, 2006
On any given day in Rhode Island, 46 people call a domestic violence hotline, 59 women and children spend the night in a domestic violence shelter, and 28 people seek community based domestic violence services.
Rhode Island Coalition Against Domestic Violence, 2006
From 1994 to 2004, at least 72 Rhode Islanders died as a result of domestic violence. There were six domestic violence homicides in 2005 alone.
Rhode Island Coalition Against Domestic Violence, 2006
In 2004, police officers reported that in 1,872 incidents the children saw their parents being abused and in 2,046 incidents the children heard (but did not see) their parents being abused.
Rhode Island Domestic
Violence Training & Monitoring Unit, 2005
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