Information about Domestic Violence
Domestic violence isn’t a new thing, it’s been an epidemic to the United States for a long time. According to the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence (NCADV) “more than 10 million adults experience domestic violence annually.”
NCADV recognizes that domestic abuse is a pattern not usually just a single occurrence, unfortunately estimating for domestic abuse to happen about every three seconds in the United States.
*list more facts about domestic abuse in the US and list differences between the different kinds of abuse*
Different Types of Abuse:
• Physical Abuse -
• Verbal Abuse -
• Sexual Abuse -
• Emotional (Psychological/Mental) Abuse -
• Financial Abuse -
STATISTICS:
Physical Abuse: An average of 24 people per minute are victims of rape, physical violence or stalking by an intimate partner in the United States — more than 12 million women and men over the course of a single year.
1 in 4 women (24.3%) and 1 in 7 men (13.8%) aged 18 and older in the US have been the victim of severe physical violence by an intimate partner in their lifetime.
Verbal Abuse:
Sexual Abuse:
Emotional (Psychological/Mental) Abuse:
Financial Abuse:
Some Warning Signs of Abuse:
• Is your partner becoming very controlling and possessive of your time?
• Do they get jealous of the time you spend with friends and family?
• Do they control the household finances without bringing you into discussion and taking your money?
• Do they say things that degrade, insult, shame and demean you, especially in front of others?
• Do they not allow you to make your own decisions, controlling your actions?
• Do they pressure you into sexual acts or pressure you into allowing them to do it to you?
• Do they verbally threaten you or physically threaten you with weapons and other forms of force?
• Do they destroy things you own or even your home?
There are many more signs these are just a few. Please take a look at these resources to see an even more in depth variety of warning signs of domestic abuse:
National Domestic Violence outline
