Think before You ABUSE

MY THINK BEFORE YOU ABUSE PHYSICALLY PSYCHOLOGICALLY SEXUALLY EMOTIONALLY FINANCIALLY SCIENTIFIC STUDIES HAVE FOUND THAT THE 1025 DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CASES WERE REGISTERED IN GEORGIA IN 2007-2011 CHILDREN WHO HAVE GROWN UP IN FAMILIES WITH DOMESTIC VIOLENCE MAY ENCOUNTER LIFE-LONG CONSEQUENCES: 50% MORE LIKELY TO USE DRUGS OR ALCOHOL TIMES MORE LIKELY TO COMMIT SUICIDE Perpetrators: 91% - Male, 19% - Female 6.51) TIMES GREATER RISK OF SEXUAL IN REALITY, THE NUMBER OF ACTUAL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CASES MAY BE MUCH LARGER BECAUSE: ABUSE FOR GIRLS WHOSE FATHERS BEAT THEIR MOTHERS 78.3% BOYS OF WOMEN 3. TIMES MORE LIKELY TO ABUSE THEIR PARTNERS AS ADULTS 74% GREATER CHANCE OF COMMITING CRIMES AGAINST OTHERS THINK THAT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SHOULD ONLY BE DISCUSSED WITHIN THE FAMILY TIMES MORE LIKELY TO COMMIT 25 RAPE AS AN ADULT SONS OF THE MOST VIOLENT PARENTS 1000 TIMES MORE LIKELY TO COMMIT VIOLENT ACTS AGAINST THEIR OWN CHILDREN Sources: Domestic Violence, Domestic Conflicts and Juveniles; Ministry of Internal Affairs, 2012 National Research on Domestic Violence Against Women in Georgia, 2010 Medical Aspects of Domestic Violence; I. Verulashvili, M. Mzhavia, 2005 The Effects of Domestic Violence on Children; IHS/BIA Child Protection Handbook, 2005 JumpStarte Children of Domestic Violence: Risks and Remedies; Barbara J. Hart, 1992