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Family Violence Statistics: Including Statistics on Strangers and Acquaintances

Family Violence Statistics: Including Statistics on Strangers and Acquaintances

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U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics (Washington, DC)

Published 2005. 72 pages.

This compendium provides "statistical snapshots of family violence at different stages in the administration of justice" (p. 1). Sections of this report are: highlights, definitions, and counting rules; reported and unreported family violence; fatal family violence; family violence reported to police; family violence recorded by police; state prosecution of family assault; federal prosecution of domestic violence; family violence offenders in prison; family violence offenders in jail; methodology; and appendix -- discrepant findings from two different ways of measuring family violence. Accession Number: 020585

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