Intimate Partner Violence in the United States

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U.S. Department of Justice Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS)

Author(s)

Shannan Catalano

This webpage examines fatal and non-fatal violence by intimates (current or former spouses, girlfriends, or boyfriends) since the redesign of the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) in 1993. Data from 1993 to 2005 are examined in addition to aggregated data from 2001 to 2005.

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