The Victim Survivor Advocacy Committee domestic violence survey was designed to gather information about special issues related to domestic violence victims and the circumstances surrounding violent and abusive incidents. Domestic violence agencies and other organizations that assist victims distributed the survey to the victims of domestic violence they serve. The survey confirmed trends that have long been identified regarding domestic violence and reaffirmed the observations of advocates who work with domestic violence victims.
Victims frequently sustain injury during violent incidents and seek medical attention as a result.
Being a participant in a batterer s intervention group does not guarantee that further abuse will not occur. The following summarizes the survey results. In addition, the specific frequency breakdowns for each survey question are available in an Excel document. Fifteen percent of the survey respondents had stayed in a domestic violence shelter before. In those cases where the survey respondent reported that the other party participated in some type of batterer intervention program, a third indicated that the most recent incident of violence occurred when the other party was in the program.