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Domestic Violence Is All Around Community

• In the U.S. approximately 1.5 million women are raped and/or physically assaulted by an intimate partner.
• Over half of female homicide victims were involved with their killers. Over 12 times as many women were murdered by a man they knew than were killed by male strangers.
• One out of every three pregnant women is a victim of abuse.
• 50% of all women who are murdered in this country are killed by a boyfriend or husband.
• 25% of college females have sexually assaulted. 84% of these victims knew them men that hurt them.

Domestic Violence is Learned Behavior

• Children are seven times more likely to grow up and repeat the same behavior as adults if they were raised in an abusive family.
• Violence is almost always repeated in a relationship. It almost never happens “just once”.
• The cycle of violence is repeated from generation to generation.

Surgeon General Fact Sheet on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault

• The U.S. Surgeon General Identified domestic violence as the leasing cause of injury to women between the ages of 25-34.
• 50% of all women who are murdered in this country are killed by a boyfriend or husband.
• 25% of women in college have been the victim of rape or attempted rape. 84% of these victims were acquainted with their assailant.
• One out of every three pregnant women is battered.
• 54% of sexual assaults occur on dates. The majority of victims are ages 16-24.
• A University of New Hampshire survey shows that violence is experienced in 28% of teen relationships.
• Violent behavior in a relationship is almost certain to be repeated again and again unless there is intervention.
• Children raised in a chaotic, abusive environment are seven times more like to grow up and repeat the same behavior as adults.
• The effects of domestic violence reach beyond the family – victims are less able to perform in a school setting, the work place, and in normal adult relationships. Everyone in the community will feel the negative results of families who are living with violence.

If you are a victim or you know of a victim of domestic violence, rape or have been sexually assaulted, call the National Domestic Hotline at 1-800-799-7233.

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