Since the age of 16, 51% of Canadian Women report having experienced at
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- Since the age of 16, 51% of Canadian Women report having experienced at least one incident of physical or sexual violence.
- Nearly ¼ of women (22%) who have experienced wife assault never told anyone about the abuse.
- Violent men are 3 times as likely as non-violent men to have witnessed spousal violence in childhood, and women who were raised in similar circumstances are twice as likely to be victims of spousal violence.
- Alberta has the highest rate of reported family violence in Canada and leads the country in domestic assault, homicide-suicide and stalking.
- In 2002, approximately ¼ of all violent crime victims were also family violence victims and 62% of individuals were abused by spouses.
- Rates of spousal violence are highest amoung 15 to 24 year olds.
- In 2003, exposure to domestic violence was the second most common form (28%) of substantiated child maltreatment in Canada.
- In Canada, 21% of women abused by a partner were assaulted during pregnancy with 40% reporting that the abuse began during pregnancy.
- Some studies show that as many as 80% of Aboriginal women have been abused by a partner.
- Abused women are 16 times more likely to become alcoholics and 9 times more likely to use drugs than women who are not abused.
- A 2004 study estimated the social services, education, criminal justice, health/medicine, and labour/employment costs of violence against women at more than $6 billion annually.
- Almost 4 in 10 women report that their children witnessed the violence – which would mean that at least 2 million children (in Canada) would have been exposed to violence. And parents tend to underestimate what children have been exposed to in the home. Health Canada, “A Handbook for Health and Social Service Providers and
- In 1 in 4 cases of child homicide the household had been involved in some time of reported family violence.
- 74% of crimes against people are committed by youth from violent homes.
Youth from violent homes are 24 times more likely to commit sexual assault.
Children and youth from violent homes are 6 times more likely to commit suicide.
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