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-- studies show up to 10 million children witness some form of domestic violence annually; and
-- over half a million women report being stalked annually by an intimate partner, while 80% stalked by former husbands are physically assaulted and 30% sexually abused.
The FBI divides violent crime into four categories:
-- "murder and nonnegligent manslaughter;
-- forcible rape;
-- robbery; and
-- aggravated assault."
It uses the International Association of Chiefs of Police Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program's definition of violent crime as involving force or threat of force. Annual data show these crimes:
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