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DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

FAMILY AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE FACT SHEET

National Facts

• In 2000, 1,247 women and 440 men were killed by an intimate partner. 20% of violent crime against women was intimate partner violence.¹
• 33% of victims of intimate partner violence state the offender was a spouse, 14% a former spouse and 53% a current or former boyfriend or girlfriend.³
• On November 2^nd, 2006, a national survey (with responses from 62% of programs) reported the following:
• • During the 24 hour reporting period, just under 17,000 hotline calls were taken,
  • 47,864 adults and children received domestic violence services.³

Idaho Facts

• 6,273 incidents of intimate part violence, 2,045 incidents of family violence and 6,518 of “other relational violence” were reported in Idaho in 2003.⁴
• In 2003, the relationship of victim to offender was a family relationship for 27.6% of victims of crimes against persons in Idaho.⁵
• 33.3% of murder victims in Idaho in 2003 were killed by an acquaintance, while 18.2% were killed by an intimate partner and 21.2% were killed by someone to whom they were related by blood or marriage. ⁶
• In 2003, 185 aggravated assaults and 2,313 simple assaults were committed by the victim’s spouse.⁷

Homicide & Domestic Violence Facts

• More than 9 times as many women were murdered by a man they knew (1,587) thank were killed by male strangers (168)⁸
• 54% of female homicides were committed with firearms, more than with all other weapons combined.⁹
• Two-thirds of female victims killed with firearms were killed by their male partners.¹⁰

^{1, 2}Rennison, US Dept. of Justice Bureau of Justice Statistics “Intimate Partner Violence, 1993-2001” (Feb 2003)

³NNEDV National Census of Domestic Violence Services (www.nedv.org/census)

^{4,5,6,7Idaho State Police Bureau of Criminal Identification.  Crime In Idaho 2003: Crimes Against Persons.}

WA State Domestic Violence Fatalities Review

• Between January 1, 1997 and June 30, 2004 at least 281 people were killed by domestic violence abusers in Washington state.(This number is most likely an undercount).  The homicide victims included the domestic violence victims, their friends, family members, new partners and intervening law enforcement officers.  The majority of the homicide victims (63%) were women killed by their current or former husband or boyfriend.¹¹
• Homicides-suicides comprised a significant portion of domestic violence homicides.  Almost a third (32%) of the 260 abusers who committed homicides between January 1, 1997 and June 30, 2004 committed homicide-suicides.  An additional six abusers killed themselves after attempting homicide.¹²
• Firearms were the most common weapon used in domestic violence homicides.  Between January 1, 1997 and June 30, 2004, domestic violence abusers used firearms to kill 57% of domestic violence homicide victims.¹³

^8,9,10Volence Policy Center Annual Report: 2004 (FBI Statistics).

11,12,13 Every Life Lost Is a Call for Change:  Findings and Recommendations from the Washington State Domestic Violence Fatality Review, 2004 (wscadv.org)