Abuse

Rule of Thumb: A man may beat his wife and/or child as long as what he uses is no fatter than his thumb.

A woman is battered every 15 seconds.

50% of all couples experience at least one violent incident.

Wife abuse is the major cause of injury to women. It accounts for 25% of emergency room visits. It exceeds rape, mugging and auto accident combined.

20% of all murders are committed within the family - 13% are committed by spouses. 2/3 of all murdered women are victims of domestic violence.

47% of female homicide victims are killed by their boyfriend, spouse, or ex-spouse (the rate is only 3% for men)

Battered women are 9 times more likely to attempt suicide than non-battered women.

25% of female suicides are precipitated by domestic violence

75-80% of all hostage situations are related to domestic violence.

Many women are killed when their spouse realizes they are planning to leave. 72% of all victims are separated at the time of injury.

25-45% of victims are beaten
when they are pregnant.

33% of homeless women in PA
say domestic violence is the
cause of their homelessness

Men commit 95% of all spousal
assaults and 90% of all child abuse

The majority of violent adult
prisoners were raised in violent
homes.

Children from violent homes have
higher risks of alcohol, drug
abuse and juvenile delinquency.

66.6% of abused children live in
homes where mothers are also
abused

1/3 of children who witness the battering of their mothers demonstrate significant behavioral or emotional problems which include stuttering, anxiety and fears, sleep disruption, excessive crying, school problems and psychosomatic disorders.

53% of Child abuse cases involve
neglect, 21% physical abuse, 13%
sexual abuse, and 13% emotional
abuse.

75% of the offenders are known to
their victim.

4% of children under 12 who are
rape victims were attacked by
strangers.

42/1000 children are reported
abused each year.

Every year, 2000 children are killed by an abuser. Most are younger than 4.

1 out of 3 girls will be sexually
abused by the age of 18.

1 out of 5 boys will be sexually
abused by the age of 18.

Age range for most sexually abused children is 6 - 8 years but victims have been as young as one week old.

Average victim is subjected to 1 - 4 years of recurring sex abuse prior to reporting.

1 of every 6 reported rapes
involves a girl under the age of 12.

Girls under the age of 18 are victims of more than half of all reported rapes.

12% of high school students will
become involved in at least one
violent relationship before
graduation.

1 million senior citizens are
abused each year.

Infant Deaths
The risk of getting killed by someone is greater during the first year of life than at any other time before age 17.

Infant homicide victims are most likely to get killed during their first week of life, with 82% of those slayings committed on the day of birth.

Homicide is the 15th leading cause of death for infants.
Of those killed on their first day, 95% were not born in a hospital.
89% are killed by their mothers.

The number is probably much higher because many deaths may be mistakenly recorded as unintentional or SIDS.

Abuse

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