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The following statistics are drawn from a diverse set of sources. Even at their most conservative, estimates point to a problem of devastating proportions.
Prevalence of Domestic Violence
On average, three women are killed each day by an intimate partner in the United States -Bureau of Justice Statistics, Crime Data Brief, Intimate Partner Violence, 2003
Twenty-five percent of women and 7.6 percent of men report experiencing rape and/or physical assault by an intimate partner in a past or current intimate relationship -National Violence Against Women Survey, 1995-1996, Family Violence Prevention Fund.
An estimated one million women are stalked each year in the United States -Extent, Nature, and Consequences of IPV, Tjaden & Thoennes, 2000.
One third of female homicide victims and 4 percent of male homicide victims are killed by an intimate partner -Bureau of Justice Statistics, Crime Data Brief, Intimate Partner Violence, 2003
Eighty-five percent of the victims of intimate partner violence are women while fifteen percent are men -Bureau of Justice Statistics, Family Violence Statistics, 2005.
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