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Teen

Dating

Violence

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1

in

10

teens experience physical abuse
by a romantic partner.

3

in

10

teens report verbal or psychological
abuse by a romantic partner.

SOURCE

 

Teen Dating Violence: A Closer Look at Adolescent Romantic Relationships
by Carrie Mulford, Ph.D., and Peggy C. Giordano, Ph.D.
NIJ Journal, No. 261, October 2008
National Institute of Justice

 

 

 

25%

of U.S. high school girls have
been victims of physical
or sexual abuse.

 

 

 

50%

of young people who experience
rape or physical or sexual abuse
will attempt to commit suicide.

 

 

1

in

3

Adolescents in the U.S. is a victim of physical, sexual, emotional, or verbal abuse from a dating partner, a figure that far exceeds rates of other types of youth violence.

1

in

5

female students are expected to
experience completed rape over
a 5-year collegiate career.

The

Red

Zone

 

 

 

50%

of college sexual assaults occur
from mid-August to Thanksgiving.

 

 

1

in

4

people between the ages of
12 and 21 experience violence
in a dating relationship.