Domestic Violence in North Dakota, 2001

• NCJ Number: 203936
• Author(s): Teddi M. Heidt
• Date Published: 2002
• Length: 70 pages
• Sponsoring Agency: US Dept of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women
• Corporate Author: North Dakota Office of the Attorney General
• Sale Source: NCJRS Photocopy Services; North Dakota Office of the Attorney General
• Publication Format: Document (Online)
• Publication Type: Report (Annual/Periodic)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: Downloaded January 16, 2004.

Annotation

This document presents statistics on domestic violence in North Dakota for 2001, as well as victim and offender characteristics.

Abstract

Domestic violence accounted for 48 percent of all reported physical violence cases statewide. In 2001, 2,167 victims were reported through the North Dakota Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR)/Incident-Based Reporting Program. Females accounted for 70 percent of reported victims of domestic violence. There were 396 juvenile victims of domestic violence reported in 2001. Juveniles represented 79 percent of the reported victims of sex offenses committed by a family or household member. Twenty-three percent of all reported victims of domestic sex offenses were children of the offenders. Forty-nine percent of deaths due to homicide from 1978 through 2001 were domestic. Deaths due to homicide for those living on Indian reservations were eight times higher than that of the general population; 48 percent of these deaths were domestic-related. There were 132 victims of domestic homicide reported since 1978. Among these, 37 persons were slain during 15 domestic multiple-homicide incidents. All multiple-homicides were committed by male offenders. Domestic violence offenders were primarily White. Forty-nine percent of domestic violence arrestees were reported as using alcohol or drugs at the time of the incident. Fifty-one percent of reported domestic violence offenders were arrested. A typical victim was a white female age 17 to 39. Eleven percent of new victims reported a disability. Twelve percent of victims age 21 or over were under the influence of alcohol or drugs at the time of the incident. Ninety percent of women in the United States killed by a partner were stalked prior to their death. American Indian females are over twice as likely to be stalked in their lifetime as White females. For every six protection orders granted, at least one is alleged to have been violated. Family violence increases the risk of youth involvement in violent behavior. 17 figures, 35 tables, 3 appendices, 46 references, 116 endnotes