DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN CANADA There’s no...
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25% of all police-reported violence againstchildren and youth are committed by a familymember, with girls four times more likely thanboys to be victims of sexual assault or othersexual offences by a family member.
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65% of spouses accused of homicide had ahistory of family violence involving the victim.This was most often the case when the spousalvictim was estranged from their partner,including those divorced and separated.
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25% of all violent crimes reported topolice involve family violence.
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70% of the victims of police-reportedfamily violence are girls or women.
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Police-reported rates of intimatepartner violence are highest amongwomen 25 to 34 years of age.
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