The Statistics
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A person is abused in the United States every 9 seconds. For one year, this equates to more than 10 million women and men.
Bureau of Justice Statistics
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1 in 4 women and 1 in 7 men experience severe intimate partner physical violence.
National Institute of Justice
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1 in 5 women and 1 in 71 men in the United States have been raped in their lifetime.
National Institute of Justice
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A report of child abuse is made every 10 seconds.
American Society for the Positive Care of Children
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1 in 3 girls and 1 in 7 boys will be sexually assaulted by the time they reach 18.
Department of Justice
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More than 4 children die each day because of child abuse.
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
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More than 90 percent of child sexual abuse victims know their attacker.
“Sexual Assault of Young Children as Reported to Law Enforcement” by Howard Snyder