Considerations When Safety Planning with Criminalized Survivors
(March 2026) Advocates who are working with charged or convicted survivors can provide critical guidance through the safety planning process…
Prevalence rates of both intimate partner violence and gun violence remain pervasive. Research demonstrates a lethal association when intimate partner violence and firearms are combined.
Domestic Violence Victimization in the US
In a 2016/2017 national study, almost 1 in 2 women in the U.S., and about 40% of men, report having been subjected to contact sexual violence, physical violence and/or stalking by an intimate partner in their lifetime. Nearly a third of women and nearly a quarter of men report having been subjected to severe physical violence by an intimate partner during their lifetime.1