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DOMESTIC VIOLENCE FACTS
Stronger anti-violence laws and training for police and court personnel
strengthen the criminal justice system's response to domestic violence.
Community programs, shelters and education programs for youth, local
businesses and professionals protect survivors from future victimization and
prevent the continuation of the cycle of violence from generation to generation.
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IS A CRIME
FLORIDA STATUTE 741.28 Domestic violence; definitions. As used in ss.
741.28
1) "Domestic Violence" means any assault, aggravated assault, battery,
aggravated battery, sexual assault, sexual battery, stalking, aggravated
stalking, kidnapping, false imprisonment, or any criminal offense resulting in
physical injury or death of one family or household member by another who is
or was residing in the same single dwelling unit.
2) "Family or household member" means spouses, former spouses, persons
related by blood or marriage, persons who are presently residing together as
if a family or who have resided together in the past as if a family, and persons
who have a child in common regardless of whether they have been married or
have resided together at any time.
DID YOU KNOW?
SEXUAL ASSAULT
ECONOMIC IMPACT
Stronger anti-violence laws and training for police and court personnel
strengthen the criminal justice system's response to domestic violence.
Community programs, shelters and education programs for youth, local
businesses and professionals protect survivors from future victimization and
prevent the continuation of the cycle of violence from generation to generation.
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IS A CRIME
FLORIDA STATUTE 741.28 Domestic violence; definitions. As used in ss.
741.28
1) "Domestic Violence" means any assault, aggravated assault, battery,
aggravated battery, sexual assault, sexual battery, stalking, aggravated
stalking, kidnapping, false imprisonment, or any criminal offense resulting in
physical injury or death of one family or household member by another who is
or was residing in the same single dwelling unit.
2) "Family or household member" means spouses, former spouses, persons
related by blood or marriage, persons who are presently residing together as
if a family or who have resided together in the past as if a family, and persons
who have a child in common regardless of whether they have been married or
have resided together at any time.
DID YOU KNOW?
- 1 in 3 women will experience domestic violence during her lifetime
- In 2001, 20% of violent crime against women was intimate partner
violence, compared to 3% of violent crime against men. - In 2001, there were 691,710 nonfatal incidents of violence committed
by the current or former spouses, boyfriends, or girlfriends of the
victims. - In 2001, 85% of victims of domestic violence were women.
- In one study, 33% of victims of intimate partner violence stated the
offender was a spouse. 14% stated the offender was a former spouse.
53% stated the offender was a current or former boyfriend or girlfriend. - From 1992 to 2000, 54% of intimate partner violence was reported to
police. Only 24% of rape or sexual assault was reported. - Young women age 16-24 experience the highest rate of domestic
violence - 16 per 1,000 persons.
SEXUAL ASSAULT
- 1 in 5 women and 1 in 33 men have experienced an attempted or
completed rape. - Marital rape accounts for 25% of all rapes, affecting over 75,000
women each year. - 3 in 4 women over age 18 who reported being raped were physically
assaulted by a current or former husband, cohabitating partner, or date.
ECONOMIC IMPACT
- The costs of intimate partner violence annually exceeds $5.8 billion,
including $4.1 billion in direct health care expenses, $900 million in lost
productivity, and $900 million in lifetime earnings. - When the costs of direct property loss, ambulance services, police
response, pain and suffering and the criminal justice process are
considered, the total annual cost of intimate partner violence grows to
$67 billion. - Domestic violence has been estimated to cost employers in the United
States $3-13 billion each year.
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