DOMESTIC
VIOLENCE
Ten percent (521,740) of violent crimes in 2003 were committed by the
victim's intimate partner. Women (19 percent) were victimized by intimate
partners at a greater rate than men (3 percent).31
Nine percent of murder
victims in 2003 were killed by their spouse or intimate partner.
Seventy-nine percent of those victims were female.32
Women who have
experienced any type of personal violence complained of a greater number of
chronic physical symptoms than those who were not abused, even though the last
episode of violence occurred an average of 14 to 30 years earlier. The risk of
suffering from six or more chronic physical symptoms increased with the number
of forms of violence experienced.33
Sixteen percent of rejected firearms
applications were denied because of prior domestic violence misdemeanor
convictions or prior restraining orders against the applicant.34
For 7
percent of adults on probation in 2003, domestic violence was the most serious
offense of which they had been convicted.35
Domestic violence victims
made up 25 percent of all adult victims who received victim compensation in
2003. Thirty-five percent of all assault claims were paid to domestic violence
victims.36
SAME-SEX DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
In 2003, lesbians,
gays, bisexuals, or transgender people (LGBT) experienced 6,523 incidents of
domestic violence. Six of these incidents resulted in
murder.37
Forty-four percent of the victims of LGBT domestic violence
were men, 36 percent women, and 2 percent transgender. Gender identity was not
recorded for 9 percent of the victims.38
For cases where the age of the
victim was recorded, 58 percent were over the age of 30, while 42 percent of the
victims of LGBT domestic violence were under 30.39
Forty-four percent of
the victims were white, almost a quarter were Latino, 15 percent were black, 6
percent were Asian/Pacific Islander, and 5 percent were multiracial.40
31 Catalano, Shannan. (2004). Criminal Victimization, 2003.
Washington, DC: Bureau of Justice Statistics, U.S. Department ofJustice.
Online: http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/abstract/cv03.htm.
32 Federal Bureau
of Investigation. (2004). Crime in the United States, 2003.
Washington, DC: FBI, U.S. Department of Justice. Online:
http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/cius_03/pdf/03sec2.pdf.
33 Nicolaidis et al.
(2004). "Violence, Mental Health, and Physical Symptoms in an Academic
Internal Medicine Practice." Journal of General Internal Medicine 19:
815-23.
34 Bowling et al. (2004). Background Checks for
Firearm Transfers, 2003. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Justice,
Bureau of Justice Statistics. Online:
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/pub/pdf/bcft03.pdf.
35 Glaze, Lauren and
Seri Palla. (2004). Probation and Parole in the United States, 2003.
Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics.
Online: http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/pub/pdf/ppus03.pdf.
36 National
Association of Crime Victim Compensation Boards. (2004). "Compensation to
Victims Continues to Increase." Alexandria, VA: NACVCB. Online:
http://www.nacvcb.org.
37 National Coalition of Anti-Violence
Programs. (2004). Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Domestic
Violence: 2003 Supplement. New York, NY: National Coalition of Anti-Violence
Programs. Online: http://www.avp.org.
38 Ibid.
39
Ibid.
40 Ibid.
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