Not a simple issue...
Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault and all the legal, emotional, and physical issues that go along with them are commonly misunderstood in today's society. There is a great deal of good information availible about these problems, as well as a great deal of poor information and misinformation as well. The links on the bottom of this page provide accurate information about both topics and some of the associated issues.

Some Domestic Violence Statistics

• In 2005, 389,100 women, and 78,180 men were victimized by an intimate partner. This accounted for 9 percent of all violent crime ("Criminal Victimization 2005" Washington CD: Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2006)
• Of female murder victims, 33 percent were killed by their husbands or boyfriends: 2 percent of male murder victims were killed by their wives or girlfriends (FBI "Crime in the United States, 2005:Expanded Homicide Data)

Some Sexual Assault Statistics

• 50 percent of sexual assaults are perpetrated bu a "friend/aquaintance" of the victim, 12 percent by an "intimate partner" and 8 percent by "another relative"
• 1 out of 6 U.S. women and 1 out of 33 U.S. men has experienced an attempted or completed rape as a child and/or as an adult (National Violence Against Women Survey)

For Further Information:

• National Coalition Against Domestic Violence Web Site:
  http://www.ncadv.org/
• Michigan Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence:
  http://www.mcadsv.org
• RAINN - Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network:
  http://www.rainn.org
• National Teen Dating Abuse Helpline:
  http://loveisrespect.org
• Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Data from Bureau of Justice Statistics
  http://www.jrsa.org/dvsa-drc/index.html