statistics

• Every 12 seconds, a woman is beaten by her intimate partner.
• One in 6-7 men and one in 4 women will be a victim of domestic abuse in their lifetime.
• A gun in a home with previous domestic violence assault increases the risk of murder to the victim by 20 times.
• As many as 324,000 women each year experience intímate partner violence during their pregnancy.
• Battering is the single largest cause of injury to women in the United States, over
mugging, automobile accidents and rape, combined.
• About 1 in 5 women victimized by their
partners reported that they had been the victim of similar crimes by the same man. They had sustained at least 3 assaults within 6 months and the assaults were so similar they could not remember them distinctly.

who else is effected?

• 30% to 60% of perpetrators of domestic violence abuse children in the household.

• 17.9% of children of all ages have been exposed to physical intimate partner violence in their lifetime, or about 13.6 million children.

• Approximately 3,500 to 4,000 children witness fatal family violence each year in the U.S.

• It is estimated 88% of pets living in households with domestic abuse are either abused or killed.

• As many as 25% of survivors will return because the abuser is using their pet as a means to get the person back.

• Of all the women who enter shelters to escape abuse, 57% have had a pet killed by their abuser.