"On average each fiscal year from 1990 to 1996, 23.2 per 1000 spouses of
military personnel experienced a violent victimization."
-FY90-96 Spouse
and Child Maltreatment, Department of Defense.
"The rate of violent victimization of spouses in the U.S. military has
steadily increased from 18.6 to 25.6 per 1000 during the same time
period."
FY90-96 Spouse and Child Maltreatment, Department of Defense.
"More than 8,000 active duty women were abused by their spouses from
1990 to 1995. Half of the cases involved abusers who were also in the
military."
Department of Defense, December 1996.
"Eighteen percent of the victims in a sample of incidents were
active-duty members."
Department of Defense, October 1996.
"One in four female service members under age 50 has been physically
abused."
Women Veterans' Experiences with Domestic Violence and Sexual
Harassment, Drs. Murdoch and Nichol, 1993.
"Thirty-one percent of female military personnel who suffer domestic
violence have been forced to have nonconsensual sex."
Women Veterans'
Experiences with Domestic Violence and with Sexual Harassment, Drs.
Murdoch and Nichol, 1993.
"Fifty-two percent of the victims live off the installation and
forty-seven percent reside on the installation."
Final Report on the
Study of Spousal Abuse in the Armed Forces, Caliber Associates, 1996.
"The spouse abuse victims have children (78%) and more than half have
been married for two years or less."
Final Report on the Study of
Spousal Abuse in the Armed Forces, Caliber Associates, 1996.
"Forty-three percent of the active duty offenders are separated from the
service within three years of the initial substantiated offense."
Final
Report on the Study of Spousal Abuse in the Armed Forces, Caliber
Associates, 1996.
"Seventy-five to eighty-four percent of active duty offenders are
discharged honorably."
Abuse Victims Study, Undersecretary of Defense
for Personnel, 1994.
WHERE YOU CAN GET HELP
If you and/or your children are in immediate danger, call 911 or your
local police emergency number now
Call the National Domestic Violence Hotline (1-800-799-SAFE) for
referrals and information in your area
Call your local domestic violence crisis hotline or victim advocates in
the Department of Defense for counseling, shelter or legal assistance
Contact the coalition against domestic violence in your state for
information about programs in your area
Talk with a friend or relative you trust
In case of emergency, stash some money away
If you decide to leave, take important papers with you (birth
certificates, passports, health insurance documents, id cards, etc)
If you have a car, keep an extra set of keys with you at all times.
RELATED INTERNET WEB SITES AND IMPORTANT TELEPHONE NUMBERS
National Domestic Violence Hotline 1-800-799-7233
Hotline
National Child Abuse Hotline 1-800-422-4453
National Center for Missing and Exploited Children 1-800-843-5678
Violence Against Women Office, Department of Justice
VAW -DOJ
Domestic Violence Checklist
DVC
ABA Commission on Domestic Violence
ABA
Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network 1-800-656-4673
Sexual Assault Information Page
SAI
Survivors of Stalking 1-813-889-0767
SOS
National Victim Center 1-800-394-3255
NVC
National Coalition Against Domestic Violence 1-303-839-1852
NCADV
National Coalition Against Sexual Assault 1-717-232-7460
NCASA
Excellent new site Voices4Choice covering domestic, international and educational issues.
And the best advocate - The Miles Foundation:
Web Site
It grieves me to have to include a page like this with respect to military women. It angers me that cowardly cretins who hit women are wearing our country's uniform, or that civilian cowards are violent toward military women. But most of all it apalls me that neither the miltary justice system nor the country's lawmakers are in any hurry to do anything about it. Any man who would hit a woman or child is lower than whale slime - and that's at the bottom of the ocean. Any government or military system that does little about it isn't much higher on the food chain. It's past time for a change. It's time for legislative and strong punitive action now!
Sadly, because these lowlifes who hit women and children are also sneaks it is necessary to add this information:
WARNING: HOW AN ABUSER CAN ACCESS YOUR INTERNET FILES
Computer Stealth
