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Statistics on Female Victims of Violence

Credit: AP Online

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WAKE COUNTY, N.C.

Source: Bureau of Statistics, 2009

Intimate partner violence against females: Only 49% was reported to police

Female homicides: 89% were committed by someone they knew 45% were killed by an intimate partner in 2007, up from 40% in 1993

Rapes or sexual assaults of females over age 12 in 2008: Of 182,000 committed, 57% were by an offender whom they knew 20% were committed by an intimate partner Only 47% were reported to police

Related Links

  1. http://www.interactofwake.org

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