Domestic violence refers to all crimes between family members.
The term is often used to refer to spousal abuse and battering. The article reports that four to seven percent of women in Oklahoma are physically assaulted by their partners annually. Nationally, about 16 to 30 percent of women treated in emergency departments are there for injuries directly or indirectly related to intimate partner violence. It occurs among all ages, races, genders, and socioeconomic groups. The U.S. Bureau of Justice reports, however, that women are more than seven times likely to be victimized by an intimate partner than men.