Violence Statistics pertaining to violent crimes against women vs. those against men:
Violence by an intimate partner accounts for about 21% of violent crime experienced by women and about 2% of the violence experienced by men.
In 92% of all domestic violence incidents, crimes are committed by men against women.
In 1996, among all female murder victims in the U.S., 30% were slain by their husbands or boyfriends. In 1990, more than 800 women were killed by their husbands; 400 more were killed by their boyfriends.
One-third of all female homicide victims are killed by husbands, ex-husbands, boyfriends or ex-boyfriends.
More than twice as many women are killed by their husbands or boyfriend as are murdered by strangers.
On average, more than three women are murdered by their husbands or boyfriends in this country every day.
In 1999, 1,642 murders were attributed to intimates; 74 percent of the murder victims (1,218 total) were women.
Females accounted for 39% of the hospital emergency department visits for violence-related injuries in 1994 but 84% of the persons treated for injuries inflicted by intimates.
Family violence costs the nation from $5 to $10 billion annually in medical expenses, police and court costs, shelters and foster care, sick leave, absenteeism, and non-productivity.
During 1992 approximately 28 percent of female homicide victims (1,414 women) were known to have been killed by their husbands, former husbands or boyfriends.
In contrast, just over 3 percent of male homicide victims (637) were known to have been killed by their wives, former wives or girlfriends.
Women were attacked about six times more often by offenders with whom they had an intimate relationship than were male violence victims during 1992 and 1993, the Department of Justice announced.
While women are less likely than men to be victims of violent crimes overall, women are 5 to 8 times more likely than men to be victimized by an intimate partner.
Nearly 1/3 of American women report being physically or sexually abused by a husband or boyfriend at some point in their lives.
During 1992 and 1993 women were the victims of more than 4.5 million violent crimes, including approximately 500,000 rapes or other sexual assaults.
In 29 percent of the violent crimes against women by lone offenders the perpetrators were intimates--husbands, former husbands, boyfriends or former boyfriends.
It is estimated that 503,485 women are stalked by an intimate partner each year in the United States.
Estimates range from 960,000 incidents of violence against a current or former spouse, boyfriend, or girlfriend each year to 4 million women who are physically abused by their husbands or live-in partners each year.
Nikki V Katz
Sources:
Violence by Intimates: Analysis of Data on Crimes by Current or Former Spouses, Boyfriends, and Girlfriends,
U.S. Department of Justice, March, 1998
Violence Against Women,
Bureau of Justice Statistics,
U.S. Department of Justice, January, 1994
