What is Domestic Violence?
Domestic violence is a pattern of behavior in which one intimate partner uses physical or sexual violence, coercion, threats, intimidation, isolation or emotional or economic abuse to control the other partner.

Anyone can be a victim of domestic violence regardless of age, race, socioeconomic status, religion or personality.

• Over 4.5 million assaults are committed against U.S. women by intimate partners each year
• Each year, nearly 100 women are killed in domestic violence situations in Arizona alone
• More than 50 percent of domestic violence victims live with children under the age of 12,
• and 60 percent of all Child Protective Services cases involve a domestic violence component
• More than 50 percent of all Arizona women and their children seeking shelter from
• Domestic Violence are turned away due to lack of space
• Domestic violence is the leading cause of death of women in the workplace
• Domestic violence costs U.S. businesses nearly $1 billion in lost productivity alone

Domestic Violence Statistics
One in every four women in the U.S. is abused by a husband or boyfriend at some point in her life

• Arizona ranks second in the nation in the rate of women killed by men
• Each year, nearly 100 women are killed in domestic violence situations in Arizona alone
• Maricopa County domestic violence shelters annually turn away 17,000 women and children
• Sixty percent of all Child Protective Services cases involve a domestic violence component
• Domestic violence is the leading cause of death of women in the workplace

Domestic Violence Help
If you or someone you know need help, call 1-800-799-SAFE. For information on establishing workplace violence policies, call Employers Against Domestic Violence, 602-532-2800.

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