Rhiannon3.net -The Cop and The Survivor Online Quiz

Test Your Knowledge of Domestic Violence Facts!

After submitting your answers, you will be shown correct answers and supporting facts with links to online resources.

1) True or False: "Domestic violence" refers only to a woman's physical or sexual assault.
a) True
b) False

2) True or False: Couples with income, educational, or occupational differences have higher rates of intimate partner violence than couples with no status differences.
a) True
b) False

3) True or False: There is a strong link between threats of bodily injury and actual occurrences of injury in domestic violence.
a) True
b) False

4) When asked why they did not call the police, most physical assault victims say:
a) they did not think the police would believe them
b) they did not want the police or courts involved
c) they did not think the police could do anything about their victimization

5) Of 1998 murder victims, how many were slain by past or current intimate partners?
a) 1,830
b) 3,591
c) 7,388

6) How many estimated Americans have been stalked by a current or former intimate partner at some point in their lifetime?
a) approx. 500,000 women and approx. 200,000 men
b) approx. 700,000 women and approx. 100,000 men
c) approx. 300,000 women and approx. 50,000 men

7) How many victims of domestic violence have young children living with them?
a) A third of them
b) More than half of them
c) Three quarters of them

8) What percent of protective or restraining orders are violated by perpetrators each year?
a) 35%
b) 60%
c) 75%