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... . According to "Women Against Violence", domestic violence is the leading cause of injury to women between . the ages of 15 and 44 in the United States; more than car accidents, muggings, and rapes combined. There is also three to four million women in the United States beaten in their homes each year by males. That turns out to be one woman ... ...
... Anderson looked at circumstances of the inner-city poor, and both think the causes of violence are to be found in the connections among poverty, racial discrimination, and city neighborhoods. "Muggings, burglaries, car-jacking, and drug-related shootings, all of which may leave their victims or innocent bystanders dead, are now common enough to concern all urban and many suburban residents ... ...
... over two decades ago, and recent studies show that the problem is not diminishing. Consider these statistics: - Domestic violence is the single major cause of injury to American women, exceeding muggings, gang violence, murders, and accidents (New York: 1993. The Commonwealth Fund) - One woman is raped every two minutes in the United States (The Commonwealth Fund, July 1998) - Every nine seconds ... ...
