Background
Domestic violence is a pattern of coercive behavior designed to exert power and control over a person in an intimate relationship through the use of intimidating, threatening, harmful, or harassing behavior. Tactics include emotional and verbal abuse, isolation, threats and intimidation, Within the United States, one out of every four American women will experience violence by an intimate partner sometime during her lifetime. One out of every six women will be raped during her lifetime.
Research & Links
Family Violence Prevention Fund
Coaching Boys into Men
Feminist Majority Foundation, Domestic Violence Facts
Illinois Coalition Against Domestic Violence
National Criminal Justice Reference Service
National Coalition Against Domestic Violence
National Institute of Justice, Violence Against Women & Family Violence
Office of Justice Programs, Domestic Violence overview
United States Department of Agriculture, Domestic Violence Awareness Handbook
United States Department Bureau of Justice Statistics, Intimate Partner Violence and Age of Victim
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