Domestic Violence Program

HOW COMMON IS THIS?

National Statistics:
In 2009, violent crimes by intimate partners (current or former spouse, boyfriend or girlfriend) accounted for 26 percent of non-fatal violent crimes against females and 5 percent against males.1

Of female murder victims in 2009, 35 percent were killed by an intimate partner.2

In 2008, 14 percent of state and 17 percent of local firearms application rejections were due to a domestic violence misdemeanor conviction or restraining order.3

Domestic violence victims constituted 25 percent of all adult victims compensated by victim compensation programs in 2009. They received
compensation for 40 percent of all assault claims.4

One study found that women who had experienced any type of personal violence (even when the last episode was 14 to 30 years ago)
reported a greater number of chronic physical symptoms than those who had not been abused. The risk of suffering from six or more chronic physical symptoms increased with the number of forms of violence experienced.5

Fifteen percent of teens who have been in a relationship report having been hit, slapped, or pushed by their boyfriend or girlfriend.6

For two percent of adults on probation, domestic violence was the most serious offense of which they had been convicted.7

A study of Native American women in Oklahoma found that 83 percent had experienced physical or sexual intimate partner violence in their lifetimes, and 68 percent had experienced severe forms of violence.8

Eighty-nine percent of Native American women who reported partner violence in their lifetime had suffered injuries from the violence, and 73 percent reported moderate or severe injuries, with nearly 1 in 4 (22 percent) reporting more than 20 different injury incidents.9

During 2001-2005, Native American/Alaska Native females had the highest rate of intimate partner victimization (11.1 per 1,000), compared to black females (5.0), white females (4.0), and Asian American females (1.4).10

A 2004 study found that women living in disadvantaged neighborhoods were more than twice as likely to be victims of intimate partner violence compared with women in more advantaged neighborhoods. 11

Same-Sex Domestic Violence Statistics :

In 2008, lesbians, gays, bisexuals, transgender, or queer people (LGBTQ) reported 3,419 incidents of domestic violence to local anti-violence programs. Nine of these incidents resulted in murder.12

In 2008, 51 percent of LGBTQ domestic violence victims were women, 42 percent men, and 5 percent transgender.13

In cases where the age of the victim was recorded, 64 percent of LGBTQ domestic violence victims were over the age of 30, while 36 percent were under 30.14

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Minnesota Statistics:

In 2010 in Minnesota, at least 15 women died from domestic violence; at least 7 children died from domestic violence; at least 4 family members/friends were murdered; and at least 2 men died from domestic violence (Minnesota Coalition for Battered Women 2010 Femicide Report)

In Minnesota, 37,010 women and children were served by community advocacy programs for battered women in fiscal year 2006. (Office of Justice Programs, Minnesota Department of Public Safety)

5,295 battered women and 5,131 children in Minnesota utilized emergency shelter services in fiscal year 2006. (Office of Justice Programs, Minnesota Department of Public Safety)

434 battered women and 535 children in Minnesota utilized emergency hotel-motel housing in fiscal year 2006. (Office of Justice Programs, Minnesota Department of Public Safety)

One of every three homeless women in Minnesota is homeless at least in part due to domestic violence. (Wilder Research Center, 2003)

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Hands of Hope Resource Center Local Statistics:
In a one-year period from October 1, 2010 through September 30, 2011, we worked with a total of 455 victims of domestic violence.

723 TOTAL victims of domestic violence
Broken down into categories is as follows:
   431 - Women
   24 - Men
   268 - Children who witnessed domestic violence or were involved in an abusive dating relationship.

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1 Bureau of Justice Statistics, “Criminal Victimization, 2009,” (Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Justice, 2010), 7, http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/content/pub/pdf/cv09.pdf (accessed October 28, 2010).

2 Federal Bureau of Investigation, “Crime in the United States, 2009: Expanded Homicide Data,” (Washington, DC: GPO, 2010), calculated from Tables 2 and 10, http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/ucr/crime-in-the-u.s/2009 (accessed October 18, 2010).

3 Bowling et al., “Background Checks for Firearm Transfers, 2008,” (Washington, DC: Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2010), 1, http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/content/pub/html/ bcft/2008/bcft08st.pdf (accessible October 18, 2010).

4 National Association of Crime Victim Compensation Boards, “Crime Victim Compensation Helps Victims,” (Alexandria, VA: NACVCB, 2010), http://www.nacvcb.org/NACVCB/files/ccLibraryFiles/FILENAME/000000000035/facts%20about%20crime%20victim%20compensation2010.doc (accessed October 18, 2010).

5 Christina Nicolaidis et al., “Violence, Mental Health, and Physical Symptoms in an Academic Internal Medicine Practice,” Journal of General Internal Medicine 19 (2004):823, http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1492498 (accessed October 18, 2010).

6 Teen Research Unlimited, “Liz Claiborne Inc. Topline Findings: Teen Relationship Abuse Survey (Conducted March 2006),” (Northbrook, IL: Teen Research Unlimited, 2006), 11.

7 Lauren Glaze and Thomas Bonczar, “Probation and Parole in the United States, 2008,” (Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Justice, 2009), 33, http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/ content/pub/pdf/ppus08.pdf (accessed October 18, 2010).

8 Lorraine Halinka Malcoe and Bonnie M. Duran, “Intimate Partner Violence and Injury in the Lives of Low-Income Native American Women,” in Family Violence and Violence Against Women: Developments in Research, Practice, and Policy, ed. Bonnie Fisher (Washington, DC: NIJ, 2004), I-2-9, http://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/199703.pdf (accessed October 18, 2010).

9 Ibid., I-2-10.

10 Shannon Catalano, “Intimate Partner Violence in the United States, 2007,” (Washington, DC: Bureau of Justice Statistics), http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/content/intimate/victims.cfm (accessed November 15, 2010).

11 Michael Benson and Greer Fox, “When Violence Hits Home: How Economics and Neighborhood Play a Role,” (Washington, DC: National Institute of Justice, 2004), 1, http://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/205004.pdf (accessed October 18, 2010).

12 National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs, “Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Domestic Violence in the United States in 2008,” (New York: National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs, 2009), 2, http://www.avp.org/documents/2008NCAVPLGBTQDVReportFINAL.pdf (accessed October 26, 2010).

13 Ibid., 20.

14 Ibid., 23.

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