• 62% of all female victims of non-fatal violence were attacked by someone they knew compared with 37% of all male victims.
• Women were more likely to be victimized in a private place (in their homes or the homes of family or friends), while men were more likely to be victimized in public locations.
• 40% of all sexual assaults on women were committed by friends or acquaintances, while 24% were committed by spouses.
• 31% of all homicides of women were committed by an intimate, compared with 3% of male homicides.
• 17.2% of all homicides of women were committed by their spouses, compared with 2% of male homicides.
• 12am-6pm saw the highest percentage of violent incidents against women--31%.

Homicide Trends in the United States by James Alan Fox:

• A parent is the perpetrator of most child (under 5) murders in the US.
• Boys under 5 are more likely to be murdered than girls under 5.

"The Co-occurrence of Intimate Partner Violence Against Mothers and Abuse of Children" by the CDC:

• Domestic violence against the mother increases the likelihood a child will suffer abuse.
• Male children are more likely to suffer abuse.
• Chronic wife-abusers were 100% likely to abuse their male children.

Intimate Partner Violence Fact Sheet by the CDC:

• 85% of intimate partner violence victims between 1992-1996 were women.
• in 1996 from .9 or 20.1% of pregnant women were victims of intimate partner violence.
• Women victims of intimate partner violence are more likely to require medical treatment.

• In a survey 25% of 8-9th grade girls had been victims of non-sexual dating violence.
• 8% of 8-9th grade girls had been victims of sexual dating violence.
• 22% of male and female high school students surveyed reported non-sexual dating violence.
• 32% of college students reported non-sexual dating violence.
• In surveys, an equal number of male and female high and college students report inflicting violence. However, female students were more likely to reporting doing so in self defense.