Never Alone Again Domestic Violence Organization & Resource Center​

               DID YOU KNOW?

• 1 in 3 women and 1 in 4 men have experienced some form of physical violence by an intimate partner.

• On a typical day, domestic violence hotlines receive approximately 21,000 calls, approximately 15 calls every minute

•  Intimate partner violence accounts for 15% of all violent crime.

• Abusers’ access to firearms increases the risk of intimate partner femicide at least five-fold. When firearms have been used in the most severe abuse incident, the risk increases 41-fold.

• 72% of all murder-suicides involved an intimate partner; 94% of the victims of these crimes are female.

• Domestic violence is prevalent in every community and affects all people regardless of age, socioeconomic status, sexual orientation, gender, race, religion, or nationality.
  

• Physical violence is often accompanied by emotionally abusive and controlling behavior as part of a much larger, systematic pattern of dominance and control.

• Domestic violence can result in physical injury, psychological trauma, and even death. The devastating consequences of domestic violence can cross generations and last a lifetime.