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Facts About Domestic Violence:
42%
of murdered women are killed
by their intimate male partners.
It is estimated that 3-5 million
children
witness violence toward their mothers each year.
Nearly half (48%) of all incidents
of domestic violence against women
discovered in the National Crime Survey
were not reported to the police.
One in four
high school girls reports
being physically or sexually assaulted
by a date.
One of every three women
in the world
has experienced abuse
at the hands of an intimate partner.
90-95%
of victims of domestic violence are women
(FBI, NIJ:2000).
A woman is MORE likely to be
seriously injured or killed
AFTER she leaves the relationship.
113 women were killed
in 2010 in Texas
by their intimate partners.
One in four
women
will be physically abused
by a partner in her lifetime.
More than one in three
Americans
have witnessed an incident of domestic violence.
Domestic violence is the leading cause
of serious injury to American women,
more common
than muggings
and car crashes combined.
A woman is battered every 15 seconds
in the United States.
Computer use can be monitored
and is impossible to completely clear.
If you are afraid your internet and/or computer usage might be
monitored,
please use a safer computer,
call our local hotline at
940-626-4855,
and/or call the
National Domestic Violence Hotline
1-800-799-SAFE (7233)
or
TTY
1-800-787-3224.
En Espanol 940-393-2884
