Useful DV Stats in California

Submitted by Adam on Thu, 2004-06-17 00:47

Marc writes "Aside from all the randomized surveys showing that men and women initiate DV at the same rates (like in Fiebert's bibliography here and Linda Kelly's law review journal in PDF format), sometimes it is also very useful to cite local and state police reports and other "archival" data in one's advocacy for male victims in civil rights lawsuits, lobbying or other advocacy. Below are some California stats from an online State of California source that can be very useful in this regard. Marc

The document I refer to above is titled "The Prevalence of Domestic Violence in California." It is a State document that, despite the extreme gender bias in its analytical language, still shows that, according to police data, men comprise about 1/4 of DV victims. The document is available at this site in PDF format.

Here are some highlights:



1. In 2000, 9,340 women and 41,885 men were arrested for DV (p 40).



2. From 1988 to 2000, women went from 6 percent to 18.2 percent of DV arrestees, while men went from 94 percent to 81.8 percent (p 41).



3. In 2000, out of 147 homicides with DV as a precipitating event, 22 victims were husbands and 72 were wives; 8 were boyfriends and 32 were girlfriends; 1 was an ex husband and 0 were ex wives (p 45).



4. In San Diego County in 1996, law enforcement showed that 18 percent of DV victims were male and 82 percent were female, while 82 percent of suspects were male and 18 percent were female (p 48).



5. From July 1, 2001 to May 31, 2002, in the victim compensation program for DV victims, 2,936 primary claimants were male and 9,898 were female (p 53).



6. "One responding shelter, located in Los Angeles, reported a significant number of gay and lesbian domestic violence clients, with more male domestic violence victims than female." (p 14.)



Marc"

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