Domestic violence.
According to the National Domestic Violence Center, only one-fourth of physical assaults against females by intimate partners are reported to the police.
Abstract
One in four women will experience domestic violence in her lifetime. An estimated 1.3 million women are victims of physical assault by an intimate partner each year. Eighty-five percent of domestic violence victims are women, with women aged 22 to 24 being at the greatest risk. More than three women and one man are murdered by their intimate partners in the United States every day. According to the National Domestic Violence Center, only one-fourth of physical assaults against females by intimate partners are reported to the police. Surveys indicate that domestic violence occurs in 28 percent of all marriages.