Why We Need to Exist

There are 6 Different Types of Abuse

  • Physical This is the type of abuse that many people think of when they hear the word 'abuse. ... Hitting, slapping, punching, kicking, burning,strangulation,damaging personal property,refusing medical care and/or controlling medication,coercing partner into substance abuse and use of weapons.
  • Sexual
  • Verbal/Emotional
  • Mental/Psychological
  • Financial/Economic
  • Cultural/Identity
    - Approximately 67% of homeless women have been the victims of domestic violence.
    - Each year in Arizona, approximately 100 people are killed as the result of acts of domestic violence.
    - 71% of pet-owning victims of domestic violence report that their abuser threatened, injured, or killed their pet.
    - More than 40% of domestic violence victims stay in dangerous situations because they do not have a place to take their pet.
National Domestic Violence Hotline: 1-800-799-7233
  • More than 1 in 3 women (approximately 36%) have or will experience physical violence and/or stalking by an intimate partner. This number is higher in Arizona.
  • Arizona has the 5th highest reported domestic violence rate in the nation.
  • 1 in 3 murder victims in the United States are killed by a domestic partner.
  • Every 44 minutes, a child in Arizona witnesses domestic violence.
  • Pregnant women are more likely to be abused by their domestic partner.
National Human Trafficking Hotline: 1-888-373-7888
  • Human trafficking is the recruitment, harboring, or transporting of a person for labor or services, usually sexual, by force, fraud, or coercion.
  • Traffickers routinely target minors who have been the victims of abuse or neglect and who lack a stable support system.
  • The average age of entry into sex trafficking in the United States is 17.
  • The average age of entry into sex trafficking in Arizona is 13.
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