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U.S. Government Accountability Office
Prevalence of Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault, Dating Violence, and Stalking
Since 2001, the amount of national research that has been conducted on the prevalence of domestic violence and sexual assault has been limited, and even less research has been conducted on dating violence and stalking. No single, comprehensive effort currently exists that provides nationwide statistics on the prevalence of these four categories of crime among men, women, youth, and children. Rather, various national efforts address certain subsets of these crime categories among some segments of the population. Current national data collection efforts cover portions of the categories among different segments of the population.
However, because the efforts use different definitions and vary in scope, they cannot be combined and leveraged to determine the nationwide prevalence of these categories of crime. This limits the ability to make informed policy and resource allocation decisions about the statutory requirements and programs created to help address these four categories of crime and victims. |
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