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DOMESTICVIOLENCE:The High Cost toYour Community

Domestic violence comes in all forms – physical, emotional, psychological, financial and sexual abuse.

Over 10 MILLION peopleexperience domestic

violence in the U.S.each year

Approximately

A Critical Issue

1 in 10men

1 in 4women

experienced sexual/physicalviolence and/or stalkingby an intimate partner

More than

38 millionmen

43 millionwomen

endured psychologicalaggression by an intimate

partner in their lifetime

Nearly

5 millionmen

11 millionwomen

The risk of homicideincreases to 500% whenthere’s a gun present

From 1988 to 2016,the FBI reported136 police officerswere killed whileresponding tofamily argumentsand other domesticdisturbances

About 12,000women arekilled by domesticviolence each year

During the same period, 80 officers were killed during drug-related arrests

15% of all violentcrimes are domestic

who reported some type of violent incidentduring their life said it happened to them

for the first time before the age of 18

43 38

Domestic violence costs the U.S. economy $67 billionin total pain, suffering and reduced quality of life

The Financial Effects

A Dangerous Call

$

$ It costs U.S. businesses between $3 billion and $5 billionevery year in lost time, productivity and healthcare costspaid by the employer

$ Over 7.9 million paid workdays are lost per year

$ The lifetime economic costs related to injuries,lost productivity from paid work, criminal justiceand other costs is $3.6 trillion

Over 20,000 phone calls a day are placedto domesticviolence hotlines

Domestic violence incidents are adangerous time for victims, firstresponders and law enforcement.Discover how your community canprotect themselves and respondmore effectively to these situations.

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