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Children and Domestic Violence
Domestic Violence and Homelessness
Sexual Violence
Sexual Dating Violence
Stalking
Violence Against People With Disabilities
Violence Against Foreign Born Women
Violence Against Women and Poverty
KCSDV Member Program Statistics

Statistics

Domestic Violence

Around the world, at least one in three women has been beaten, coerced into sex or otherwise abused during her lifetime. ¹
As many as 324,000 women each year experience intimate partner violence during their pregnancy. ²
On average, more than three women are murdered by their husbands or boyfriends in this country every day. ³
Domestic violence is the leading cause of injury to women between the ages of 15 and 44 in the United States. ⁴
Pregnant and recently pregnant women are more likely to be victims of homicide than to die of any other cause. ⁵
Approximately one in five female high school students reports being physically and/or sexually abused by a dating partner. ⁶
Three in four women (76%) who reported they had been raped and/or physically assaulted since age 18 said that a current or former husband, cohabiting partner, or date committed the assault. ⁷

Heise, L., Ellsberg, M. and Gottemoeller, M. (1999, December). Ending Violence Against Women (Population Reports, Series L, No. 11).
Gazmararian J.A., Petersen R., Spitz A.M., Goodwin M.M., Saltzman L.E., Marks J.S. (2000). Violence and reproductive health; current knowledge and future research directions. Maternal and Child Health Journal 4 (2), 79-84.
Bureau of Justice Statistics Crime Data Brief. (2003). Intimate Partner Violence, 1993-2001. No Author.
Committee on the Judiciary United States Senate, 102nd Congress. (1992). Violence Against Women, A Majority Staff Report (page 3). No Author.
Frye, V. (2001). Examining Homicide's Contribution to Pregnancy-Associated Deaths. The Journal of the American Medical Association, 11, 285.
Silverman, J. G., Raj, A., Mucci, L. A., & Hathaway, J. E. (2001). Dating Violence Against Adolescent Girls and Associated Substance Abuse, Unhealthy Weight Control, Sexual Control, Sexual Risk Behavior, Pregnancy, and Suicidality. Journal of the American Medical Association, 286 (5).
U.S. Department of Justice. (1998). Prevelence, Incidence, and Consequences of Violence Against Women: Findings from the National Violence Against Women Survey. No Author.

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Children and Domestic Violence

Children are not uniformly affected by their exposure to domestic violence. ¹
Several factors in the lives of children can affect their resilience, including their development of talents and interests, their access to close relationships with trustworthy adults, their ability to escape self-blame, and the strength of their peer relationships. ²
Men who batter their spouses or partners physically abuse their children at a seven times higher rate than non-battering men and they sexually abuse their children at a six times higher rate than non-battering men. ³
A study by Bowker, Arbitell and McFerron (1988) found 70% of batterers abuse children. Rates of child abuse by batterers did not vary by race or religion, but were higher in families with higher income. ⁴
In at least 12% of domestic violence homicides, the batterer also kills one or more children. ⁵
Anywhere from 44.5%- 73% of incest perpetrators also batter the child's mother. Exposure to domestic violence is emerging as an important risk factor for incest victims. ⁶

Jaffe, P., Wolfe, D.A. & Wilson, S. (1990). Children of Battered Women. Newbury Park, CA: Sage
Roy, M. (1988) Children in the crossfire: Violence in the home-how does it affect our children? Deerfield Beach, FL: Health Communications, Inc.
Bancroft, L., Silverman, J. (2003). The Batterer as Parent. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage
Bowker, L., Arbitell, M. & McFerron, R. (1988). On the relationship between wife beating and child abuse. In K. Yllo & M. Bograd (Eds.), Feminist Perspectives on Wife Abuse. Newbury Park, CA: Sage
Langford, L., Isaac, N.E. & Kabat, S. (1999). Homicides Related to Intimate Partner Violence in Massachusetts 1991-1995. Boston: Peace at Home
Bancroft, L., Silverman, J. (2003). The Batterer as Parent. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage (p. 86)

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Domestic Violence and Homelessness

46% of cities surveyed by the U.S. Conference of Mayors identified domestic violence as a primary cause of homelessness. ¹
Many studies show the relationship of domestic violence to homelessness, particularly among families with children. A 1990 Ford Foundation study found that 50% of homeless women and children were fleeing abuse. ²

The United States Conference of Mayors. (2000). A Status Report on Hunger and Homelessness in American Cities. [Online], Available: http://www.usmayors.org
Zorza, J. (1991) Women Battering: A Major Cause of Homelessness. Clearinghouse, 25 (Special Issue) 421-29.

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Sexual Violence

An Estimated 683,000 women are forcibly raped each year in the United states, which equates to 1.3 women being raped every minute. ¹
In Kansas, in 2002, there were 1,157 rapes reported to law enforcement. ²
Rape remains the most dramatically underreported crime. 70-84% of rapes are not reported to law enforcement. ¹
Most rapes are perpetrated by someone known and trusted by the victim. In 2002, in Kansas, the offender knew the victim in at least 71.3% of the reported cases. ²
In 2001, in Kansas, local sexual assault centers served 4,794 victims of sexual abuse. ³

Kilpatrick, D.G., Edmunds, C.N., and Seymour, A. (1992). Rape in America: A Report to the Nation. National Victim Center.
Kansas Bureau of Investigation. (2002). A Report on Domestic Violence and Rape Statistics in Kansas: As reported by law enforcement.
Kansas Coalition Against Sexual and Domestic Violence. (2003). Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Advocacy Services in Kansas.

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Sexual Dating Violence

Women are most often raped between 16 and 24 years of age. The peak rate of victimization occurs in the 16-19 year old age group with the next highest rate of victimization occurring between 20 and 24 years of age. ¹
93% of juvenile sexual assault victims knew their attacker; 34.2% were family members and 58.7% were acquaintances. Only 7% of the perpetrators were strangers to the victims. ²
About 90% of college women surveyed report that their attacker was a boyfriend, ex-boyfriend, friend, acquaintance or co-worker. And often the sexual victimization occurred during a date. Nearly 13% of the women surveyed reported being the victim of date rape, and 35% reported being the victim of attempted rape while on a date. ³

Koss, M. (1992). Rape on Campus: Facts and Measures. Planning for Higher Education. 20(3): 21-28.
Snyder, H.N. (2000). Sexual Assault of Young Children as Reported to Law Enforcement: Victim, Incident, and Offender Characteristics. U.S. Department of Justice, Justice Statistics. NCH 182990
Fisher, B.S., Cullen, F.T., and Turner, M.G. (2000) The Sexual Victimization of College Women. U.S. Department of Justice, National Institute of Justice. NCJ 182369

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Stalking

Annually in the United States, 503,485 women and 185,496 men are stalked by an intimate partner. ¹
A study conducted by the National Institute of Justice and the Bureau of Justice Statistics of college females found that 13% of those surveyed reported being stalked within the past academic year. ²
A survey of randomly chosen college students found 156.5 incidents of stalking per 1,000 female students and 130.7 victims per 1,000 female students. ³
81% of women stalked by a current or former intimate partner are also physically assaulted by that partner. ⁴
89% of femicide* victims who had been physically abused had also been stalked in the 12 months before the murder. ⁵
54% of femicide victims reported stalking to police before they were killed by their stalkers. ⁶

* The murder of a woman.

Tjaden, P., & Thoennes, N. (2000). Extent, Nature, and Consequences of Intimate Partner Violence (NMCJ 181867). Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Justice, National Institute on Justice and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
National Institute of Justice and the Bureau of Justice Statistics. (1998). National Stalking Resource Center. No Author.
Fisher, B. & Cullen F. (1999). The Extent and Nature of the Sexual Victimization of College Women. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Justice, National Institute of Justice.
Tjaden, P., & Thoennes, N. (1998). Stalking in America. Washington, DC: National Institute on Justice.
McFarlane et al. (1999). Stalking and Intimate Partner Femicide. Homicide Studies.
McFarlane et al. (1999). Stalking and Intimate Partner Femicide. Homicide Studies.

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Violence Against People With Disabilities

Domestic Violence

Women with disabilities have identified issues of violence and abuse as the highest health priority. ¹
Women with disabilities are more likely to experience abuse by a greater number of perpetrators and for longer periods than nondisabled women. ²
Crime victims with disabilities are less likely than those without disabilities to reap the benefits of the criminal justice system. A crime may go unreported for many reasons: mobility or communication barriers, the social or physical isolation of the victim, a victim's normal feeling of shame and self-blame, ignorance of the justice system, or the perpetrator is a family member or primary caregiver. ³
Many people with disabling conditions are especially vulnerable to victimization because of the real or perceived inability to fight or flee, notify others and/or testify about the victimization. ⁴

Berkeley Planning Associates. 1997. Disabled Women Rate Caregiver Abuse and Domestic Violence Number One Issue. Berkeley, CA: Department of Education.
Young, M.E., Nosek, M.A., Howland, C.A., Chanpong, G., & Rintala, D.H. (1997). Prevalence of abuse of women with physical disabilities. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. 78,S34-S38.
U.S. Department of Justice, Office for Victims of Crime Bulletin. (2001). Working with victims of crimes with disabilities.
U.S. Department of Justice, Office for Victims of Crime Bulletin. (2001). Working with victims of crimes with disabilities.

Sexual Assault

Among adults who are developmentally disabled, as many as 83% of the females and 32% of the males are the victims of sexual assault. ¹
For individuals with psychiatric disabilities, the rate of violent criminal victimization including sexual assault was 2 times greater than in the general population (8.2% vs. 3.1%). ²
It has been estimated that 83% of women with a disability will be sexually assaulted in their lifetime. ³
Lifetime risk for violent victimization was so high for homeless women with severe mental illness (97%) as to amount to normative experiences for this population. ⁴

Johnson, I., & Sigler, R. (2000). "Forced Sexual Intercourse Among Intimates," Journal of Interpersonal Violence. 15 (1).
Hidday, V.A., Swartz, M., Swanson, J., Borum, R., and Wagner, H.R. (1999). "Criminal Victimization of Persons with Severe Mental Illness." Psychiatric Services 50: 62-68)
Stimpson, L. & Best, M. (1991). Courage Above All: Sexual Assault Against Women with Disabilities. Toronto: DisAbled Women's Network.
Goodman, LA. Dutton, MA, Harris, M. Episodically Homeless Women with Serious Mental Illness: Prevalence of Physical and Sexual Assault. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry. 1995

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Violence Against Foreign Born Women

5% (134,735) of the state of Kansas' population is foreign-born. Of the foreign-born population in Kansas 11.2% were born in Europe, 28.2% were born in Asia, 2.7% were born in Africa, .5% were born in Oceania, 54.7% were born in Latin America, and 2.7% were born in Northern America. ¹
Of the 40 Latina women surveyed in the Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights and Services (CIRRS) 1990 study, almost 50% of them reported the level of violence increased after coming to the United States. ²
72.3% of battered Latinas' spouses never filed immigration petitions for their wives even though 50% qualified. And those who did took nearly 4 years to do so. ³
21.7% of battered immigrant women surveyed stated fear of being reported to immigration authorities as their primary reason for remaining in an abusive relationship. ⁴
81.1% of Asian women surveyed reported experiencing at least one form of intimate partner violence (domination/controlling/psychological, physical, and /or sexual abuse as categorized by the researchers) in the past year.⁵

U.S. Census Bureau. (2000). DP-2 Profile of Selected Social Characteristics: 2000; Data Set: Census 2000 Summary File 3 (SF-3) Sample Data [Online], Available: http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/BasicFactsTable?_lang=en&_vt_name=DEC_2000_SF3_U_DP2&_geo_id=04000US20
Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights and Services. (1990). A Needs Assessment of Undocumented Women. [Online], Available: http://endabuse.org/programs/display.php3?DocID=125
Dutton, M.A., Orloff, L.E. and Aguilar Haas, G. (2000). Characteristics of help-seeking behaviors, resources and service needs of bettered immigrant latinas. Georgetown Journal on Poverty law & Policy. 2 (2), 245-305.
Dutton, M.A., Orloff, L.E. and Aguilar Haas, G. (2000). Characteristics of help-seeking behaviors, resources and service needs of bettered immigrant latinas. Georgetown Journal on Poverty law & Policy. 2 (2), 245-305.
McDonnell KA, Abdulla SE. (2001). Asian/Pacific Islander Domestic Violence Resource Project; Project AWARE. Washintong, DC [Online], Available: http://www.DVRP.org.

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Violence Against Women and Poverty

37% of single women with children living in Kansas in 1999 lived in poverty. ¹
While physical and psychological violence against women occurs in all social groups, poor women report violence by their partners at higher rates, partly because they have fewer options for leaving the abusive relationship. ²
Batterers not only use physical and sexual violence to control their victim, they use economic control as well. One method of economic control is sabotage of employment and employment-related activities. An abuser may start fights before key events or interviews, threaten or harass her at work, prevent her from going to work or school, give her visible bruises or injuries to make her embarrassed to go to interviews or classes, flatten car tires, destroy bus passes, kidnap or threaten to kidnap the children, or fail to follow through with promised childcare or transportation. ³

Institute for Women's Policy Research. (2002). The Status of Women in Kansas. Washington, DC: No Author.
Davis, M. (1999). The economics of abuse: How violence perpetuates women's poverty. In R. Brandwein (Ed.), Battered women, children, and welfare reform: The Ties That Bind (pp.17-30). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Greenfeld, L., Rand, M., Craven, D., Klaus, P., Perkins, C., Ringel, C. et. al. (1998). Violence by intimates. Washington, DC: Bureau of Justice Statistics (NCJ-167237).

Kaplan, A. (1997) Domestic violence and welfare reform. Welfare Information Network: IssuesNotes: 1-9.

Kurz, D. (1999). Women, welfare, and domestic violence. In G. Mink, (Ed.), Whose welfare? (pp. 132- 151). Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press.

Ptacek, J. (1999). Battered women in the courtroom. Boston: Northeastern University Press.

Raphael, J. (2000). Saving Bernice. Boston: Northeastern University Press.

Russo, N., Denious, J., Keita, G., & Koss, M. (1997). Intimate violence and Black women's health. Women's Health: Research on Gender, Behavior, and Policy. 3, 315-348.
Lyon, E. (1997). Poverty, Welfare and Battered Women: What does the research tell us? [Online], Available: http://www.vawnet.org/DomesticViolence/Research/VAWnetDocs/AR_Welfare2.php

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