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Dr. Kathie will be presenting at the American Probation and Parole Association Conference in San Diego February, 2012.
Topic: Emotional Addiction - The Tie That Binds Victims to Perpetrators
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PAS NOT Likely to Be Included in DSM-5
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Dr. Kathie's new book is now available!
Emotional Addiction
"A Bitter Sweet Truth"
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"NATIONAL VIGIL FOR HOPE"
A National Coalition To Bring More Awareness to Missing Children & Adults. With West Coast Co-Chair Kathie Mathis
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| Domestic Violence Statistics |
These staggering statistics are taken from the American Medical Association, Dept. of Justice, National Clearinghouse for the Defense of Battered Women
- Domestic violence affects women of all races.
- 74% of employed battered women were harassed by their partner while at work.
- Homicide was the second leading cause of death on the job for women in 2000.
- More than 1 million women are stalked each year and over a quarter report missing work as a result of the stalking.
- 57% of senior corporate executive believe domestic violence is a major problem in society and 66% believe their company’s financial performance would benefit from addressing the issue of domestic violence among their employees.
- Over 4 million women are victims of severe assaults by their boyfriends/husbands.
- 1 in 4 women are abused in their lifetime in the U.S. Worldwide it is 1 in 3 women.
- Female victims of domestic violence are 3 times more than male victims.
- Victims of domestic violence are 85% female in reported cases. 64% are white and the average age is 31.
- Aug. 1989 to Jan, 1990 Midwestern State University did a study on a statewide mail survey of 6000 women. 50% said they had incomes above $35,000. 70% were Anglo, 10.4% African American, 9.5% Hispanic. Education profile showed that 18% had a Bachelors degree or higher.
- Women are 5-8 times more likely than men to be victimized by an intimate partner.
- As many as 324,000 women in the U.S. each year experience intimate partner violence during their pregnancy.
- Male violence against women does more damage than female violence against men.
- Women are 7-14 times more likely than men to report suffering from physical assaults from an intimate partner.
- Rate of violence occurs most frequently among those age 31 and under. It is double the rate of the next older group 31-50. Average mean age of women in shelters = 30
- 42% of women in prison say they were victims of abuse (1994 Bureau of Justice Statistics
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