Yaaaawn....(stretches hands upward).
Well...i guess we can just throw out these stats? After all, DD and Danger are "authorities" on violence and laws regarding women.
Also, these stats are OLD. Violence has escalated SIGNIFICANTLY in the past 15 yrs.
Lets see if you guys will listen to Reason???
General Information
In 1991, 5,745 women in the United States died as a result of homicide.
* Six in every 10 women who are victims of homicide were murdered by someone they knew. About half of these women were murdered by a spouse or someone with whom they had been intimate.
* Domestic violence is the leading cause of injury to women between the ages of 15-44.
* Every 21 days, a woman is killed by domestic violence.
* Children are involved in 60 percent of domestic violence cases.
* More than three million children witness acts of domestic violence each year.
* Up to 50 percent of all homeless women and children in this country are fleeing domestic violence.
* One in ten calls made to alert police of domestic violence is placed by a child in the home.
* More than 53 percent of male abusers beat their children.
* One of every three abused children becomes an adult abuser or victim.
* Victims and abusers are found in every social and economic class, race, religious group, and sexual orientation.
* Factors such as poverty, single-parent households headed by women, and parents with less than a high school education were found to be more common among families suffering abuse.
The Women's Health Data Book Report -- Violence Against Women indicated that:
* More than 2.5 million females experience some form of violence each year. Almost two of every three of these females are attacked by a relative or person known to them.
* The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) found in a national survey that 34 percent of adults in the United States had witnessed a man beating his wife or girlfriend, and that 14 percent of women report that they have experienced violence from a husband or boyfriend.
* More than 1 million women seek medical assistance each year for injuries caused by battering.
* Two major sources were used to estimate the degree of violence against women in the United States.
1. The Federal Bureau of Investigations
2. U.S. Department of Justice's National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) (Horton, 1995).
PS. I am a retired Cop and presently a Private Investigator. I can tell you from PERSONAL experience, that about 20-25% of all calls in major metropolitan areas are related to domestic violence cases. I know what the fluck i am talking about.
Danger said:
10's of thousands?
I find that incredulous.
