THE HARD FACTS: o Every year in the United States there are over 3 million incidents of domestic violence. That means that every nine seconds someone is beaten by their domestic partner! o Every year over 4000 victims of domestic violence are killed. Ninety-five percent (95%) of domestic violence victims are women. o Domestic Violence causes more injuries to women in the USA between the ages of 15 and 44 than car accidents, muggings and rapes combined. o Nearly a …showed first 75 words of 1922 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1922 total…just under 30,000 in 1985 to more than 61,000 in 1993. (Justice Department study, the Los Angeles Times, 18/11/95) (http://www.stv.net/firearm_stats.htm) ? There is one violent crime committed every 17 seconds. ? One property crime every 3 seconds. ? One murder every 23 minutes. ? One forcible rape every 5 minutes ? One robbery every 51 seconds. ? One aggravated assault every 28 seconds ? One burglary every 12 seconds. ? One larceny-theft every 4 seconds. ? One motor vehicle theft every 20 seconds. (US Census Bureau, www.census.gov/population/) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**