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- Title
NONFATAL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, 2003-2012.
- Authors
Truman, Jennifer L.; Morgan, Rachel E.
- Abstract
For the 10-year aggregate period 2003-12, domestic violence accounted for 21% of all violent victimizations (figure 1). Domestic violence includes rape, sexual assault, robbery, and aggravated and simple assault committed by intimate partners, immediate family members, or other relatives. Intimate partner violence (15%) accounted for a greater percentage of all violent victimizations, compared to violence committed by immediate family members (4%) or other relatives (2%). Well-known or casual acquaintances accounted for 32% of all violent victimizations, and strangers accounted for 38%. This report uses data from the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) to describe the characteristics and patterns of domestic violence. Domestic violence includes victimizations committed by intimate partners (current or former spouses, boyfriends, or girlfriends), immediate family members (parents, children, or siblings), and other relatives. It details the number, percentage, and demographic characteristics of domestic violence victims, and describes victim and incident characteristics by the victim-offender relationship. Incident characteristics include the type of violence, the offender's use of a weapon, victim injury and medical treatment, and whether the incident was reported to police. The report focuses on domestic violence, but includes estimates of violence committed by acquaintances and strangers to provide comparisons.
- Subjects
UNITED States; DOMESTIC violence; SEXUAL assault; CRIME victims; FIREARMS &; crime; FIREARM policy
- Publication
Journal of Current Issues in Crime, Law & Law Enforcement, 2015, Vol 8, Issue 4, p535
- ISSN
1935-3545
- Publication type
Article