Since then, cases of intimate partner violence against women have dropped by about 63 percent, from nearly 1.7 million in 1993 to around 628,000 in 2019, according to the Bureau of Justice Statistics. Violence against women by other family members has also dropped, to nearly 390,000 cases in 2019 from 529,000 in 1993. The downward trajectory of domestic violence has corresponded with the overall reduction of violent crime, which dropped by 65 percent between 1993 and 2019. “That’s a problem.”In fact, since 2012, the number of domestic violence cases has stagnated rather than continued on its downward path, hovering between one million and 1.2 million cases. Psychological abuse — when aggressors exert crippling levels of control over victims — is a far more prevalent form of abuse, said Ruth Glenn, president and chief executive of the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence.

Source: New York Times December 15, 2020 22:52 UTC