Over 50% of all women will experience physical violence in an intimate relationship, and for 24% – 30% of those women, the violence will be regular and on-going.

Every 15 seconds the crime of battering occurs.* Most abusers are men. They may seem gentle, mean, quiet, or loud, and may be large or small. Evidence shows that boys who grow up with domestic violence in the home may become abusers as adults; however, many abusers are from non-violent homes, and many boys from violent homes do not grow up to be abusive.

* See National Coalition Against Domestic Violence General Information Packet (statistics as of 2007)