The prevention of domestic violence starts with education - educating men, women and children on what constitutes domestic violence goes a long way toward preventing domestic violence.
Statistics on Domestic Violence in Arkansas
- 2 million injuries and 1,300 deaths are caused each year as a result of domestic violence
- 80% of all physical abuse goes unreported
- 1 in 4 women and 1 in 7 men in the United States report abuse by an intimate partner in their lifetime
- 3.3 million children witness their mothers being abused
- Intimate partner violence, which includes teen dating violence, costs the US economy $12.6 billion dollars on an annual basis. Sexual assault is most costly of all crimes to its victims.
- 77% of all rapes are committed by someone known to the victim
- 60% of rapes occur in the survivor/victim’s home
- 57% of rapes involve only one assailant. 16% involve 2 rapists and 27% involve 3 or more rapists
- One person is raped every 1.9 minutes
- Total costs are estimated to be $127 billion a year in the United States, excluding the costs of child sexual abuse.
Prevention Points & Tips
- Respect a person’s right to say “NO”
- Educate yourself and others on the issues
- Believe in equality
- Volunteer at your local domestic violence and/or rape crisis program
- Be aware of how violence is portrayed in the media
- Believe survivors
- Contact your legislators and political leaders
- Know the statistics
- Speak out against all forms of violence
- Stop yourself and others from ignoring sexual/domestic violence
