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Domestic violence in United States is a form of violence expressed by one partner or partners against another partner or partners in the content of an intimate relationship in the United States. It is recognized as an important social problem by governmental and non-governmental agencies, and various Violence Against Women Acts have been passed by the U.S. Congress in an attempt to stem this tide. Women are more likely to suffer domestic abuse (also referred to as 'intimate partner violence' or 'IPV') in the U.S., although the issue affects many. Victimization due to violent assault in general is common in the U.S. among both sexes, with an estimated 1.9 million women and 3.2 million men physically assaulted annually, and domestic violence is a large part of that problem, with 22.1% of women and 7.4% of men having been physically assaulted by a current or former spouse, cohabiting partner, boyfriend, girlfriend or date in their lifetime (the preceding data is according to a 2000 U.S. Department of Justice Report).〔 Victimization from domestic violence transcends the boundaries of sexual orientation and gender, with significant percentages of LGBT couples facing these issues.〔 Men are subject to domestic violence in large numbers, such as in situational couple violence as mentioned above, but they are less likely to be physically hurt than female victims.〔〔 Social and economically disadvantaged groups in the U.S. regularly face worse rates of domestic violence than other groups. For example, about 60% of Native American women are physically assaulted in their lifetime by a partner or spouse.〔http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC446227/〕 Many scholarly studies of the problem have stated that is often part of a dynamic of control and oppression in relationships, regularly involving multiple forms of physical and non-physical abuse taking place concurrently. Intimate terrorism, an ongoing, complicated use of control, power and abuse in which one person tries to assert systematic control over another psychologically, often results after the violence against women described. For both sexes, shelters exist in many states as well as special hotlines for people to call for immediate assistance, with non-profit agencies trying to fight the stigma that men and women both face in reporting these issues. According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary definition, domestic violence is: "the inflicting of physical injury by one family or household member on another; also: a repeated or habitual pattern of such behavior."〔(''Domestic Violence.'' ) Merriam Webster. Retrieved 14 Nov. 2011.〕 ==Governmental definitions== The following definition applies for the purposes of subchapter III of chapter 136 of title 42 of the US Code: It was inserted into the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 by section 3(a) of the Violence Against Women and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005.〔(The Violence Against Women and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 )〕 It also applies for the purposes of section 7275 of subpart 17 of Part D of subchapter V of chapter 70 of title 20,〔US Code. Title 20. Chapter 70. Subchapter V. Part D. Subpart 17. (Section 7275(a)(1) ).〕 section 1437F of subchapter I of chapter 8 of title 42,〔US Code. Title 42. Chapter 8. Subchapter I. (violence&url=/uscode/html/uscode42/usc_sec_42_00001437---f000-.html Section 1437F(f)(8) )〕 and subchapter XII-H of chapter 46 of title 42 of the US Code.〔US Code. Title 42. Chapter 46. Subchapter XII-H. (Section 3796gg–2 ).〕 The U. S. Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) defines domestic violence as a "pattern of abusive behavior in any relationship that is used by one partner to gain or maintain power and control over another intimate partner". The definition adds that domestic violence "can happen to anyone regardless of race, age, sexual orientation, religion, or gender", and can take many forms, including physical abuse, sexual abuse, emotional, economic, and psychological abuse. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Domestic violence in the United States」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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