Friday, October 03, 2014

Intimate partner violence among minorities

Black females experienced intimate partner violence at a rate 35% higher than that of white females, and about 22 times the rate of women of other races. Black males experienced intimate partner violence at a rate about 62% higher than that of white males and about 22 times the rate of men of other races.

Native Americans are victims of rape or sexual assault at more than double the rate of other racial groups. For Native American victims of violence, the offender was slightly more likely to be a stranger than an intimate partner, family member or acquaintance.  Native Americans described the offender as an acquaintance in 34% of rapes/sexual assaults, and as an intimate partner or family member in 25% of sexual assaults.

http://www.americanbar.org/groups/domestic_violence/resources/statistics.html

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/she-the-people/wp/2014/10/02/nfl-meeting-with-black-womens-groups-on-domestic-violence-a-productive-beginning/

https://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/grants/223691.pdf

No comments: