RT Book, Section
A1 Frieze, Irene Hanson
A1 Schumm, Jeremiah A.
A1 Williams, Stacey L.
A2 Wallace, Robert B.
SR Print(0)
ID 1141963085
T1 Violence in the Family as a Public Health Concern
T2 Maxcy-Rosenau-Last Public Health and Preventive Medicine, 15e
YR 2017
FD 2017
PB McGraw-Hill Medical
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071441988
LK accessbiomedicalscience.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1141963085
RD 2024/04/25
AB Although  the  family  can  and  often  is  a  source  of  strength  and  support  for  many  people,  it  can  also  be  a  source  of  victimization.  Violence  in  family  settings  in  the  United  States  is  believed  to  affect  a  large  proportion  of  the  population,  although  not  all  of  this  is  severe  violence.  The  Centers  for  Disease  Control  and  Prevention  (CDC)  estimates  that  about  1.5  million  women  and  more  than  800,000  men  are  raped  or  physically  assaulted  by  an  intimate  partner  each  year  (http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/factsheets/ipvfacts.htm).1  Such  violence  can  be  fatal.  More  than  10%  of  homicide  victims  are  killed  by  an  intimate  partner.2  Other  CDC  data3  indicate  that  nearly  1  million  children  were  confirmed  by  child  protective  agencies  as  victims  of  child  abuse  in  2002.  This  included  neglect,  physical  abuse,  sexual  abuse,  and  emotional  and  psychological  abuse.