Dating Violence Statistics

  • During the past year, 9.2% of students nationwide had been hit, slapped, or physically hurt on purpose by their boyfriend or girlfriend (dating violence).
  • About one in ten girls who first has sex before age 15 describes it as involuntary.
* Sources for above: http://www.sadd.org/stats.htm
  • A comparison of Intimate Partner Violence rates between teens and adults reveals that teens are at higher risk of intimate partner abuse.
* Jay G. Silverman et Al, “Dating Violence Against Adolescent Girls and Associated Substance Use, Unhealthy Weight Control, Sexual Risk Behavior, Pregnancy, and Suicidality.” Journal of the American Medical Association, Vol. 286, 572, 576-577, (Nov. 5, 2001)
  • Females ages 16-24 are more vulnerable to intimate partner violence than any other age group – at a rate almost triple the national average. U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics, Special Report: Intimate Partner Violence and Age of Victim, 1993-99 (Oct. 2001, rev. 11/28/01)
  • Approximately 1 in 5 female high school students report being physically and/or sexually abused by a dating partner. Jay G. Silverman, PhD; Anita Raj, PhD; Lorelei A. Mucci, MPH; and Jeanne E. Hathaway, MD, MPH, “Dating Violence Against Adolescent Girls and Associated Substance Use, Unhealthy Weight Control, Sexual Risk Behavior, Pregnancy, and Suicidality,” Journal of the American Medical Association, Vol. 286, (No. 5, 2001).
  • Among female victims of intimate partner violence, a current or former boyfriend or girlfriend victimized 94% of those between the ages of 16-19. U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of Justice Statistics,7, (2001)
  • In a study of gay, lesbian, and bisexual adolescents, youths involved in same-sex dating are just as likely to experience dating violence as youths involved in opposite sex dating. “Prevalence of Partner Violence in Same-Sex Romantic and Sexual Relationships in a National Sample of Adolescents,” Halpern CT, Young ML, Waller MW, Martin SL, Kupper LL. Journal of Adolescent Health, Vol. 35, Issue 2, Pages 124-131, (August 2004)
  • Nearly one-half of adult sex offenders report committing their first sexual offenses prior to the age of 18. Ron Snipe, et Al, “Recidivism in Young Adulthood, Adolescent Sexual Offenders Grown Up,” 25 Criminal Justice & Behavior, 109, 117, (1998).
  • 58% of rape victims report being raped between the ages of 12-24. Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Maternal and Child Health Bureau, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), (2002)
  • Half of the reported date rapes occur among teenagers. California Coalition Against Sexual Assault (CALCASA) 2002 Report: Research on Rape and Violence, http://www.uasasonoma.org/teensite/statistics.htm#Child/Teen%20Vicitmization, (Last Visited 10/1/04)
  • Intimate partner violence among adolescents is associated with increased risk of substance use, unhealthy weight control behaviors, sexual risk behaviors, pregnancy, and suicide. Molidor, Tolman, & Kober, (2000); National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, (2001).
  • 81% of parents surveyed either believe teen dating violence is not an issue or admit they don’t know if it’s an issue. “Women’s Health,” June/July 2004, Family Violence Prevention Fund and Advocates for Youth, http://www.med.umich.edu/whp/newsletters/summer04/p03-dating.html, (Last visited 9/23/04).
  • Nearly 25% of 14-17 year-olds surveyed know at least one student who was a victim of dating violence, while 11% know multiple victims of dating violence. 33% of teens have actually wit- nessed such an event. Empower Program, sponsored by Liz Claiborne Inc. and conducted by Knowledge Networks, Social Control, Verbal Abuse, and Violence Among Teenagers, (2000)
  • 57% of teens know someone who has been physically, sexually, or verbally abusive in a dating relationship. Liz Claiborne Inc., Conducted by Teenage Research Unlimited, (February 2005).
  • 45% of girls know a friend or peer who has been pressured into either intercourse or oral sex. Liz Claiborne Inc., Conducted by Teenage Research Unlimited, (February 2005).
  • One in three teens reports knowing a friend or peer who has been hit, punched, kicked, slapped or physically hurt by their dating partner. Liz Claiborne Inc., Conducted by Teenage Research Unlimited, (February 2005)
  • In 9 out of 10 rapes in which the offender is under 18, so is the victim. Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Maternal and Child Health Bureau, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Fact Sheet on Violence: Adolescents & Young Adults, 5, (2002).
  • When female high school students were asked whom they would talk to if someone they date is attempting to control them, insults them, or physically harms them, 86% percent said they would confide in a friend, while only 7% said they would talk to police. Tiffany J. Zwicker, Education Policy Brief, “The Imperative of Developing Teen Dating Violence Prevention and Intervention Programs in Secondary Schools.” 12 Southern California Review of Law and Women’s Studies, 131, (2002)
  • 83% of 10th graders surveyed at the 4th Annual Teen Dating Abuse Summit reported that they would sooner turn to a friend for help with dating abuse than to a teacher, counselor, parent or other caring adult. The Northern Westchester Shelter, with Pace Women’s Justice Center, (April 2003)
  • Only 33% of teens who were in an abusive relationship ever told anyone about the abuse Liz Claiborne Inc., Conducted by Teenage Research Unlimited, (February 2005)
  • More than half of both prison and jail inmates serving time for violence against an intimate were using drugs, alcohol or both at the time of the incident for which they were incarcerated. U.S. Department of Justice, http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/pub/press/vi.pr, (1998). (Last visited 9/04.)
  • Violent relationships in adolescence can have serious ramifications for victims: Many will con- tinue to be abused in their adult relationships and are at a higher risk for substance abuse, eat- ing disorders, risky sexual behavior, and suicide. Jay G. Silverman PhD, et Al, “Dating Violence Against Adolescent Girls and Associated Substance Use, Unhealthy Weight Control, Sexual Risk Behavior, Pregnancy, and Suicidality.” Journal of the American Medical Association, (2001).
  • SOURCES for above: http://74.125.47.132/search?q=cache:WD7qXgKSMsQJ:www.abanet.org/unmet/teendating/facts

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