Domestic Violence Statistics as well as Statistics Concerning Children and Domestic Violence
40- 60% of men who abuse women also abuse their children.
63% of all males between the ages 11 and 20 who are serving time for homicide in the U.S. are incarcerated because
they killed their mothers' abusers.
3 million American children are exposed to domestic violence in their homes each year.
About 45% of the female intimate violence victims in 1998 lived in households with children younger than twelve years
old.
When women are murdered by their husbands, children are present in 25% of the cases.
The maltreatment of children and violence against women often of hand in hand. As many of the half a million children
may be encountered by police during domestic violence arrests. There is an overlap of 30 to 60 percent between
violence against children and violence against women in the same families.
Children exposed to wife abuse suffer low self esteem, depression, poor heath, sleep difficulties, post traumatic stress
disorder, poor impulse control, and are at higher rist for problems in school, drug and alcohol abuse, sexual acting out,
running away, isolation, loneliness, fear and suicide.
Girls whose father batter their mothers are 6.5 times more likely to be sexually abused by their fathers than are girls
from non-violent homes.
Children who witness domestic violence were found to show more anxiety, depression, traumatic symptoms, and
temperamental problems than other children.
Research shows that between 3.3 million and 10 million children in the United States are exposed to domestic violence
each year.
Between 45 to 70% of children exposed to domestic violence are also victims of physical abuse.
2,000 children die each year by violent means, and 140,000 more are seriously injured.
More than 50% of child abductions result from domestic violence.
Some of our country's "missing children" are actually being hidden by their mothers to protect them from violent fathers.
Conversely, abusers sometimes kidnap their children to punish their partners for leaving them or to get them to come
back.
Older Children may be hurt while trying to protect their mother.
Children from violent homes have higher risks of alcohol/drug abuse and juvenile delinquency.
Children from violent families can provide clinicians with detailed accounts of abusive incidents their parents never realized
they witnessed.
Abusive husbands are seven times more likely than non-abusive husbands to abuse their children. Battered women are
twice as likely as non-battered women to abuse their children, although once out of the relationship, the odds of them
abusing their children are reduced.
A comparison of delinquent and non-delinquent youth found that a history of family violence of abuse was the most
significant difference between the two groups.
Domestic abuse is the single greatest risk factor in child abuse.
Domestic violence is a major factor that contributes to the problem of teenage runaways and homeless street youth.
Almost half of all battered women were sexually abused as children by male relatives.
Men who witness their father's abuse their mothers were three times more likely to abuse their wives than men who had not.
Boys who witnessed domestic abuse were significantly more likely to approve of violence than girls who had also
witnessed it.