Not taken seriously enough. Underreported by females if crime is by an intimate partner. 63% of boys from 11-20 who kill, kill their mother's abuser. Domestic Violence is a complicated and uncomfortable issue, one not often spoken about in public.
But it is an issue which affects all of us – if not directly than indirectly. There has been a lot of domestic violence research but somehow the findings of this research fail to get the headlines that are warranted by the size and severity of the problem. Sorenson_doc8. Domestic Violence Factsheet. Children often near battered women making children the next victim either directly or indirectly. Dec 1, 2002 Table of Contents Medicine and Society MELISSA M.
STILES, M.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison Medical School, Madison, Wisconsin Am Fam Physician. 2002 Dec 1;66(11):2052-2067. 85% of all batterers saw DV as a child. Each year an estimated 3.3 million children witness domestic violence in their home.
Children living in homes where there is domestic violence occurs, 80 to 90% are aware of the violence. 85% of adult batterers watched domestic violence in their home and/or experienced abuse as a child. In general, 80% of men who abuse their spouse also abuse their children. Exposure to violence in the home has been found to be one of the most significant predictors of an adolescents later use of violence in the community. Children raised in violent homes are: Introduction - Domestic Violence.