From the U.S. Department of Justice: "Intimate Partner Violence and Age of Victim, 1993-1999" (NCJ-187635) can be obtained by calling the BJS clearing house number 1-800-732-3277 and is also available at http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/abstract/ipva99.htm.

• In 1999, there were over 791,000 domestic violence victims, with 85% of the crimes occurring against women. Over 50% of these women from 1993-1999 were victimized by a current dating partner and the highest rates of intimate partner violence were against young women ages16-24. (Intimate Partner Violence, U.S. Department of Justice)
• Approximately 671,110 women ages 12 and older suffered intimate partner victimization in 1999. This number includes 91,470 rapes and sexual assaults, 65,970 robberies, 68,810 aggravated assaults and 444,860 simple assaults. In general, 1 in every 7 of these perpetrators used a weapon and at least half caused physical injury to their victim.
• Of the homicides of people ages 12 to 15, 10% of female victims were killed by their intimate partner, from ages 16-19, 22% were killed by an intimate partner, from ages 20-24, 32% were killed by an intimate partner and from ages 25-34, 36% were killed by an intimate partner.
• The report showed that the official per capita rate in 1999 of non-fatal intimate partner violence against females ages 16 to 24 was 15.6 victimizations per 1000 women.
• Women ages 16 to 24 were the most vulnerable to non-fatal intimate partner violence, while women ages 35 to 49 were the most vulnerable to intimate partner murder.
• Rates for intimate partner violence fell for women ages 20 to 49, while the rates for other age brackets remain unchanged from 1993 to 1999.

For more information from the Department of Justice, see their report, Criminal Victimization at http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/cvictgen.htm.

Access the Full Report of the Prevalence, Incidence, and Consequences of Violence Against Women: Findings From the National Violence Against Women Survey. 2000, NCJ 183781, here.

For a full listing of Nation Institute of Justice publications concerning women, click here.

For publications on victims of crime, including Sexual Victimization of College Women, Stalking and Domestic Violence: Report to Congress, Intimate Partner Violence and Age of Victim, 1993-99, and Violent Victimization and Race, 1993-98, visit http://virlib.ncjrs.org/VictimsOfCrime.asp.