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Intimate Partner Violence (IPV)

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The purpose of this paper is to document the phenomenon of intimate partner violence (IPV) through empirical research. It includes sources of data and statistics from the official government agencies of the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention, National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey of 2011, and the National Incident Based Reporting System. In addition, it addresses the social distribution of the phenomena across time and space by the national, state, and rural/urban locations as well as its distribution across social groups including sex, race and age.
Measurement of the Phenomena
Two of the major government agencies responsible for publishing data on intimate partner violence is the Center for Disease Control and Prevention …show more content…

Often times changes occur when it comes to the specific acts that should be included as part of the terminology of the definition, as well as the specific relationship types that might be classified as intimate. Therefore, it is important to update the definition of IPV considering these changes. With the grounding of this definition, the CDC is able to publish consistent data on intimate partner …show more content…

Approximately 4 out of every 10 women of non-Hispanic Black or American Indian or Alaska Native race, 43.7% and 46.0%, and 1 in 2 multiracial non-Hispanic women, 53.8%, have experienced rape, physical violence, and/or stalking by an intimate partner in their lifetime (NISVS, 2010: 3). In addition, almost half of American Indian or Alaska Native men and almost 4 out of every 10 Black and multiracial men experienced rape, physical violence and or stalking by an intimate partner during their lifetime. Of all forms of IPV, the majority of female victims reported that their perpetrators were male (NISVS, 2010:

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