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Domestic Violence and Sexual Abuse

According to the Partnership Against Domestic Violence, every 9 seconds, another woman in the U.S. is beaten: (Source) padv.org

Domestic violence (also called intimate partner violence (IPV), domestic abuse or relationship abuse) is a pattern of behaviors used by one partner to maintain power and control over another partner in an intimate relationship. 

Domestic violence includes behaviors that physically harm, arouse fear, prevent a partner from doing what they wish or force them to behave in ways they do not want. It includes the use of physical and sexual violence, threats and intimidation, emotional abuse and economic deprivation. Many of these different forms of domestic violence/abuse can be occurring at any one time within the same intimate relationship. (Source: www.thehotline.org/is-this-abuse/abuse-defined/ ) Find out more by clicking this link for The National Domestic Hotline.

Some Stats from The National Domestic Hotline:
www.thehotline.org/resources/statistics/ 

More Stats:
3.3 Million: Estimated number of children in the U.S. each year that witness violence against their mother or female caretaker by a family member.
40-60: Percentage of men who abuse women who also abuse children.
1 in 5: Number of teenage girls who said they have been in a relationship where the boyfriend threatened violence or self-harm if a breakup was to occur.
90-95: Percentage of domestic violence victims who are women.
175,000: Number of workdays American employees miss each year on account of domestic violence.
40-70: Percentage of female murder victims in the U.S. who were killed by their husbands or boyfriends, often within an ongoing abusive relationship.

National Domestic Violence Hotline
1-800-799-7233
TTY 1-800-787-3224
Linea National de Violencia Domestica
800-799-7233

Domestic Violence Shelters
https://www.domesticshelters.org

Partnership Against Domestic Violence
http://padv.org

Department of Children & Families
http://www.state.nj.us/dcf/women/domestic/

A.A.R.D.V.A.R.C. An Abuse, Rape, and Domestic Violence Aid and Resource Collection  
http://www.aardvarc.org/dv/states/njdv.shtml

New Jersey Coalition to End Domestic Violence (NJCEDV)
http://www.njcedv.org
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Center For Hope and Safety 

http://www.hopeandsafetynj.org/resources
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The R.O.S.E. Fund (Regaining One's Self Esteem)
http://www.rosefund.org



ABOUT SEXUAL ABUSEWHAT IS CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE?Definition of Child Sexual Abuse according to the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (CAPTA):
The employment, use, persuasion, inducement, enticement, or coercion of any child to engage in, or assist any other person to engage in, any sexually explicit conduct or simulation of such conduct for the purpose of producing a visual depiction of such conduct; or the rape, and in cases of caretaker or interfamilial relationships, statutory rape, molestation, prostitution, or other form of sexual exploitation of children, or incest with children. (Source: laurenskids.org/awareness/about-faqs/about-sexual-abuse/

N.J. Coalition Against Sexual Assault:
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njcasa.org/learn/

N.J. State Police Division of Sexual Violence:
www.njsp.org/division/operations/sexual-violence-info.shtml

Darkness To Light: Empowering Adults to Prevent Child Sexual Abuse
www.d2l.org/the-issue/statistics/

Love Is Respect
http://www.loveisrespect.org

180- Turning Lives Around
http://180nj.org/get-help/domestic-violence/
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