IPV/Dating Violence
Definition:
Intimate partner violence (IPV) is physical, sexual, or psychological harm by a current or former intimate partner or spouse. The partners do not have to be living together and can be the same or opposite sex.
There are various patterns of abuse, each rooted in the abuser’s need for power and control.
4 Main Types of Violence:
Intimate partner violence is physical, sexual, or psychological harm by a current or former intimate partner or spouse. The partners do not have to be living together and can be the same or opposite sex.
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By the Numbers
- 1.3 million women and 834,732 men are physically assaulted by an intimate partner annually in the United States
- 40-50%: Murders of women in the United States that are intimate partner homicides.
- 70-80%: Intimate partner homicides prior to which the man physically abused the woman.
- 40-45%: Battering relationship in which sexual assault or forced sex occurs.
- $8.3 billion: Costs of intimate partner violence, including $460 million for rape, $6.2 billion for physical assault, $461 million for stalking and $1.2 billion in the value of lost lives.
Please click the following links for information related to IPV/dating violence*:
Power & Control Vs. Equality Wheels (PDF)
Why People Stay in Abusive Relationships
When the Victim Leaves the Abuser
IPV/Dating Violence Support Groups
*If you are unable to access PDF files, please call or email Abby’s House and we will send the materials to you in an alternate format.
