Violence occurs more frequently in the home than anywhere else in our society.
A woman is battered in the United States every 15 seconds. There were three million cases of child abuse reported in 1993. While men too are sometimes victims of domestic violence, it is overwhelmingly a women's and children's issue. Ninety-five percent of battered spouses are women. According to the Surgeon General, battering affects more women every year than are affected by breast cancer, heart attacks and strokes.