Domestic Violence
Facts about Domestic Violence
Likely Offenders:
- Could come from a family in which violence was used against women.
- May be from any stratum of society.
regardless of rank.
Facts About Domestic Violence:
- Nearly 50% of homicides of women in the United Kingdom, are committed by a partner or ex-partner.
- 25% of all reported crime is "Wife Assault".
- Recent studies have estimated as many as 1 in 4 women experience Domestic Violence.
- Every year over 50,000 women and children stay in Refuges throughout England and Wales to escape Domestic Violence.
- In the United Kingdom, every 6 seconds, someone will be a victim of Domestic Violence.
Harsh Figures:
- Of all crimes reported more than one in 20 were classified as "Domestic Violence".
- Domestic Violence accounts for almost a quarter (23%) of all violent crime.
- The police receive an average of 1,300 calls every day about domestic violence.
- In 1999, 37% of women homicide victims were killed by their present or former partners (compared to 6% of men) ? more than two every week.
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