violence
Title: violence
Category: Literature / English
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violence
THE HARD FACTS:
o Every year in the United States there are over 3 million incidents of domestic violence. That means that every nine seconds someone is beaten by their domestic partner!
o Every year over 4000 victims of domestic violence are killed. Ninety-five percent (95%) of domestic violence victims are women.
o Domestic Violence causes more injuries to women in the USA between the ages of 15 and 44 than car accidents, muggings and rapes combined.
o Nearly a …
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61,000 in 1993.
(Justice Department study, the Los Angeles Times, 18/11/95)
(http://www.stv.net/firearm_stats.htm)
? There is one violent crime committed every 17 seconds.
? One property crime every 3 seconds.
? One murder every 23 minutes.
? One forcible rape every 5 minutes
? One robbery every 51 seconds.
? One aggravated assault every 28 seconds
? One burglary every 12 seconds.
? One larceny-theft every 4 seconds.
? One motor vehicle theft every 20 seconds.
(US Census Bureau, www.census.gov/population/)
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