STATISTICS AND RESOURCES
- Abuse occurs in one out of every four relationships
- 43% of critical injuries and child fatalities occur in homes where there is spousal abuse
- Abuse touches all ages, races, and socioeconomic groups
- Parents and caregivers tend to underestimate the extent to which their children have been affected
- Every 9 seconds in the U.S. a woman is assaulted and beaten
- Children exposed to violence are at a much higher risk of becoming both the victim and perpetrator of violence
- In 2001 the Kaufman County Sheriffs Department alone responded to 810 calls for domestic violence.
- 80% of all physical abuse goes unreported
- More than half of all battered women stay with the abuser because they feel they cannot support themselves or their children alone
- The Genesis Center is the only shelter serving the three counties of Kaufman, Henderson and Van Zandt Counties in Texas. Genesis Center serves all of Texas.
- The Kaufman Sheriff’s Department responds to over 800 domestic violence calls a year
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