ANYONE CAN BE A VICTIM! Victims can be of any age, sex, race, culture, religion, education, employment or marital status. Although both men and women can be abused, statistics show that most victims are women. Abuse may occur between a married couple, or between an unmarried couple living together or in a dating relationship.
According to an article produced by the Crown Prosecution Service in the UK;
Nearly 1 MILLION women experience at least one incident of domestic abuse each year
AT LEAST 750,000 children a year witness domestic violence (DoH, (2002) (Women's Mental Health : Into the Mainstream)
TWO WOMEN are killed each week by their partner or ex-partner (Womens Aid (March 2011)
54 PER CENT of women victims of serious sexual assault were assaulted by their partner or ex-partner (Stern, (2010) The Stern Review)
Victims of domestic violence are more likely to experience repeat victimisation than victims of any other types of crime (British Crime Survey Reports)
76 PER CENT of all Domestic Violence incidents are repeat (Flatley, Kershaw, Smith, Chaplin and Moon (July 2010) BCS - Crime in England and Wales 2009/10 , Home Office)
Women experience an average of 35 INCIDENTS of domestic violence before reporting an incident to the police (Yearnshaw 1997)
19 PER CENT of women have experienced stalking since the age of 16 (Coleman, Eder and Hall (January 2011) Homicides, Firearm Offences and Intimate Violence 2009/10 )
These statistics are shocking and demonstrate that women are still more at risk of violent crime at home than anywhere else.
Source: http://www.cps.gov.uk/news/articles/domestic_violence_-_the_facts_the_issues_the_future/
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