CHILDREN IN VIOLENT HOMES79% of violent children have witnessed violence between their parents. (Family Prevention Fund, 1991 "The Invisible Victim: Children of the War At Home." Source quoted as Lewis, et al. 1983)
Violent juvenile delinquents are four times more likely than are nonviolent juveniles to come from homes in which their fathers beat their mothers. (Miller, J. (1989). "Violence By and Against America's Children." Bureau of Juvenile Justice Digest. XVII (12), p.6.)
Many of the stats in this section come from the National Clearinghouse for the Defense of Battered Women.
National Clearinghouse for the Defense of Battered Women
125 S. 9th Street
Suite 302
Philadelphia, PA 19107