• Family Violence in Texas (according to TDCAA)
  Year    # of Incidents    # of Murders
  2001    180,385            113
  2002    183,440            117
  2003    185,299            154
  2004    182,087             116
  2005    187,811             143
  2006    186,868             120
  2007    189,401             104
  2008    193,505             136
  2009    196,713             111
  2010    193,505             142
• Seventy-four percent of all Texans have either themselves, a family member and/or a friend have experienced some form of domestic violence.
• Forty-seven percent of all Texans report having personally experienced at least one form of domestic violence, either severe, verbal and/or forced isolation from friends and family at some point in their lifetime.

(Texas Council on Family Violence, TCFV.org)

In the United States

• One in four women will experience domestic violence in her lifetime.
• An estimated 1.4 million women are victims of physical assault by an intimate partner each year.
• Almost one-third of female homicide victims that are reported in police records are killed by an intimate partner

(National Coalition Against Domestic Violence NCADV.org)

Effects of domestic violence on children

• Witnessing violence between one’s parents or caretakers is the strongest risk factor of transmitting violent behavior from one generation to the next.
• Boys who witness domestic violence are twice as likely to abuse their own partners and children when they become adults.
• 30% to 60% of perpetrators of intimate partner violence also abuse children in the household.

(National Coalition Against Domestic Violence NCADV.org)

• If a child is abused or neglected, the likelihood of arrest increases by 53 percent as a juvenile, by 38 percent as an adult, and by 38 percent for being involved in a violent crime. A significant risk factor for becoming a child abuser, domestic violence perpetrator, and violent juvenile offender is having been abused and/or witnessing violence at home.
• Child victims may also experience: academic problems; agitation, aggression, behavior problems, depression, emotional distress, feelings of guilt, low self-esteem, posttraumatic stress disorder, social problems and withdrawal.

(Toolkit To End Violence Against Women, www.toolkit.ncjrs.org)

Domestic Violence and the Workplace

The health-related costs of rape, physical assault, stalking and homicide by intimate partners exceed $5.8 billion each year.
• Of this total, nearly $4.1 billion is for victims requiring direct medical and mental health care services.
• Lost productivity and earnings due to intimate partner violence accounts for almost $1.8 billion each year.
• Intimate partner violence victims lose nearly 8 million days of paid work each year – the equivalent of more than 32,000 full-time jobs and nearly 5.6 million days of household productivity.

(American Institute on Domestic Violence, www.aidv-usa.com)

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