JUSTICE DEPT. SURVEY DOCUMENTS VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
An expanded survey by the Justice Dept. found the following:
- Nearly 1 million women are assaulted by intimates each year
- Intimates and relatives commit 38% of violent crimes against women; acquaintances commit 40%; and strangers commit 23%.
- The most likely victims are women 19-29 in families with incomes under $10,000.
- Women are six times more likely to suffer violence from an intimate than men (believe it or not there are people who argue that men are attacked by intimates more often than women.) Congress, meanwhile, wants to cut funds for the Violence Against Women Act.
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