Home Office - Domestic Violence Site

16-May-2007

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The Home Office publishes a Domestic Violence site containing facts and figures and links to resources.

Home Office - Domestic Violence

Facts & figures

Although domestic violence is chronically under reported, research estimates that it:

* accounts for 16% of all violent crime (Source: Crime in England and Wales 04/05 report)
* has more repeat victims than any other crime (on average there will have been 35 assaults before a victim calls the police)
* costs in excess of £23bn a year
* claims the lives of two women each week and 30 men per year
* is the largest cause of morbidity worldwide in women aged 19-44, greater than war, cancer or motor vehicle accidents
* will affect 1 in 4 women and 1 in 6 men in their lifetime


Alan Harris; 16-May-2007 18:16:54; forum (0) help

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