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Statistics
of Violence Against Women
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. (U.S. Department of Justice, January,
1994)
Almost one-thirdof American women murdered each
year are killed by their current or former partners
Of female victims 12 years old and older falling victim
to violenct attacks - 45% of the cases involved offenders they
knew. (U.S. Department of Justice, January, 1994)
Approximately 1 million women annually report being stalked
One-third of women who are physically abused by a husband or boyfriend
grew up in a household where this happened to their mother. About
one in five were abused themselves as a child or teenager.