NCJ Number: 181867
Title: Extent, Nature, and Consequences of Intimate Partner Violence: Findings From the National Violence Against Women Survey
Series: NIJ Research Report
Author(s): Patricia Tjaden; Nancy Thoennes
Date Published: July 2000
Page Count: 69
Sponsoring Agency: Ctr's for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Grant Number: 93-IJ-CX-0012
Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/NCJRS
Document: PDF |Text
Dataset: DATASET 1
Type: Survey
Format: Document
Language: English
Country: United States of America
Annotation: This report presents findings from the National Violence Against
Women Survey on the extent, nature, and consequences of intimate
partner violence in the United States.
Abstract: The survey, which was conducted from November 1995 to May 1996,
consisted of telephone interviews with a nationally
representative sample of 8,000 U.S. women and 8,000 U.S. men
about their experiences as victims of various forms of violence,
including intimate partner violence. The survey compared intimate
partner victimization rates among women and men, specific racial
groups, Hispanics and Non-Hispanics, and same-sex and
opposite-sex cohabitants. It also examined risk factors
associated with intimate partner violence, the rate of injury
among rape and physical assault victims, injured victims' use of
medical services, and victims' involvement with the justice
system. Among the survey findings are that intimate partner
violence is pervasive in U.S. society, with nearly 25 percent of
surveyed women and 7.6 percent of surveyed men reporting that
they were raped and/or physically assaulted by a current or
former spouse, cohabiting partner, or date at some time in their
lifetime; 1.5 percent of surveyed women and 0.9 percent of
surveyed men said the were raped and/or physically assaulted by a
partner in the previous 12 months. Based on these estimates, this
report indicates that approximately 1.5 million women and 834,732
men are raped and/or physically assaulted by an intimate partner
annually in the United States. Policy implications of the survey
findings are discussed. 20 exhibits
Main Term(s): Victims of violent crime
Index Term(s): Domestic assault; Offense characteristics; Offense statistics; Victims of violent crime; Violence
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