Domestic Violence Research Paper

Preferences, surroundings, and background of an abuser largely affect domestic abuse and how common it will become. Consequently, the likelihood of domestic violence varies widely depending on gender, race, education and income, as well as a series of psychographic characteristics such as sexual preference, substance abuse, history of family violence, and history of criminal activity (Theresa's Fund Inc.). Women are much more likely to be a victim of domestic abuse than a man, but this doesn’t mean men don’t suffer as well. Take, for example, the fact that 1 in 4 women (24.3%) and 1 in 7 men (13.8%) aged 18 and older in the United States have been the victim of severe physical violence by an intimate partner in their lifetime (Theresa's Fund Inc.). Startling statistics such as these are much of the time overlooked and unknown by the general multitude. …show more content…
The most common age when intimate partner violence is first experienced by women is age 18-24 (38.6%), followed by age 11-17 (22.4%), age 35-44 (6.8%) and age 45+ (2.5%). For men the most common age is age 18-24 (47.1%), followed by age 25-34 (30.6%), age 11-17 (15.0%), age 35-44 (10.3%) and age 45+ (5.5%) (Theresa's Fund Inc.). This factual evidence shows that domestic violence tends to happen around the younger stages of one’s life. About 1 in 5 women and nearly 1 in 7 men who ever experienced rape, physical violence, and/or stalking by an intimate partner, first experienced some form of partner violence between 11 and 17 years of age (Hotline). It is a saddening thing to realize that abusers search for younger victims, but it is a true fact that cannot go