U.S. Department of Justice

Office of Justice Programs

BUREAU OF JUSTICE STATISTICS

Domestic Violence

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• Includes victimizations committed by intimate partners (current or former spouses, boyfriends, or girlfriends), immediate family members (parents, children, or siblings), and other relatives

• Accounted for 21% of all violent victimization

• Declined 67% from 1994 to 2013

• A larger percentage of females were victims than males

• Most domestic violence against females was committed by the victim’s current or former boyfriend or girlfriend or spouse

• More than half of all domestic violence was reported to police

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