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Domestic Violence
It's More Than Physical
Abuse
- isolation...controlling who
one sees, where one goes
- emotional
abuse...playing mind games, calling one names
- economic abuse...
giving an allowance, keeping one from getting a job
- sexual
abuse...making one do things against one's will
- threats...making
threats to hurt one emotionally, threatening to commit
suicide
- intimidation...putting one in
fear by using looks, actions, gestures, breaking things
- using
children...degrading one's parenting skills,
using kids to relay
messages
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It's Effecting Our Families,
Friends, & Neighbors
- Every 5 days a
Virginian is killed by an intimate partner
- every 2.5 minutes someone in the U.S.
is sexually assaulted; 72% of victims know
the perpetrator
- marital rape affects well over 75,000
women each year
- every 4 hours, a Virginia child
witnesses an act of domestic violence
- children who die as a result of abuse &
neglect have a greater likelihood of living in violent
homes
- 1 in 3 teens know someone who has been
physically hurt by a dating partner
- persons with disabilities have a 4-10 time
higher risk of being victimized
- 1 in 12 women will be stalked in her
lifetime; 76% of women who are killed by a partner are
stalked beforehand
- men who witness domestic violence as children are twice
as likely to abuse as adults
- between 1-2 million Americans age 65 or
older have been injured, exploited, or mistreated by someone
whom they depend on for care
- 8% of the female population are
subjected to physical violence during pregnancy
- up to 50% of adolescent mothers
experience violence before, during, or just after pregnancy
- an employed woman with an unemployed partners is
more than twice as likely to be
psychologically abused
- between 50% - 60% of women receiving
welfare have been victims of abuse (compared to 22% in the
general population)
- 47,864 adults and children requested
& received services
- 16,644 hotline calls were
answered
- more than 22,277 victims found safety
& respite in emergency shelters
- an additional 25,587 victims received
counseling, legal advocacy and support
- sadly, 5,157 requests for services went
unmet due to lack of resources
Is it Happening to to Me or Someone I Care
About?
It is Possible to Break the Cycle of
Violence
Read the stories of
Avalon clients who empowered themselves
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October 23, 2007
 James T. Reese, "an internationally recognized author,
lecturer, and consultant in the areas of stress management
training, motivation, threat and risk assessments, and
workplace violence" will be speaking at a special engagement
hosted by the Historic Triangle Business
Professional Women. Tickets
are $30/per person.
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Avalon Administrative
Office
P.O. Box 1079
Williamsburg, VA
23187
(757)
258-5022 | |
Avalon Outreach
Office
312 Waller Mill Road, Suite 300
Williamsburg, VA 23185
(757)
258-9362 | | |
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