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110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. RES. 388 

Designating the week of February 4 through February 8, 2008, as ‘‘National 

Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Week’’. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

DECEMBER 5, 2007 

Mr. CRAPO (for himself, Mrs. CLINTON, Mr. LIEBERMAN, Ms. MURKOWSKI, 

Mr. BIDEN, Mr. BAYH, Mr. WHITEHOUSE, and Mr. REED) submitted the 

following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

DECEMBER 13, 2007 

Reported by Mr. LEAHY, without amendment 

DECEMBER 17, 2007 

Considered and agreed to 

RESOLUTION 

Designating the week of February 4 through February 8, 

2008, as ‘‘National Teen Dating Violence Awareness and 

Prevention Week’’. 

Whereas 1 in 3 female teenagers in a dating relationship has 

feared for her physical safety; 

Whereas 1 in 2 teenagers in a serious relationship has compromised personal beliefs to please a partner; 

Whereas 1 in 5 teenagers in a serious relationship reports 

having been hit, slapped, or pushed by a partner; 


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Whereas 27 percent of teenagers have been in dating relationships in which their partners called them names or 

put them down; 

Whereas 29 percent of girls who have been in a relationship 

said that they have been pressured to have sex or to engage in sexual activities that they did not want; 

Whereas technologies such as cell phones and the Internet 

have made dating abuse both more pervasive and more 

hidden; 

Whereas 30 percent of teenagers who have been in a dating 

relationship say that they have been text-messaged between 10 and 30 times per hour by a partner seeking to 

find out where they are, what they are doing, or who they 

are with; 

Whereas 72 percent of teenagers who reported they’d been 

checked up on by a boyfriend or girlfriend 10 times per 

hour by email or text messaging did not tell their parents; 

Whereas parents are largely unaware of the cell phone and 

Internet harassment experienced by teenagers; 

Whereas Native American women experience higher rates of 

interpersonal violence than any other population group; 

Whereas violent relationships in adolescence can have serious 

ramifications for victims, putting them at higher risk for 

substance abuse, eating disorders, risky sexual behavior, 

suicide, and adult revictimization; 

Whereas the severity of violence among intimate partners has 

been shown to be greater in cases where the pattern of 

violence has been established in adolescence; and 


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Whereas the establishment of National Teen Dating Violence 

Awareness and Prevention Week will benefit schools, 

communities, and families regardless of socio-economic 

status, race, or sex: Now, therefore be it 

1 Resolved, That the Senate— 

2 (1) designates the week of February 4 through 

3 February 8, 2008, as ‘‘National Teen Dating Vio4 lence Awareness and Prevention Week’’; and 

5 (2) calls upon the people of the United States, 

6 high schools, law enforcement, State and local offi7 cials, and interested groups to observe National 

8 Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention 

9 Week with appropriate programs and activities that 

10 promote awareness and prevention of the crime of 

11 teen dating violence in their communities. 

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