Questions
And
Answers
for
Immigrant and Refugee Women
Comments
from
Clients
(English, ïî-ðóññêè)
SHIELD
Events
1. A
Crime Against Women
2. Vulnerability Factors
3. Physical
Injury
4. Murder
5. Under-reporting
of Domestic Violence to Police
6. To Help
Minimize Identity Theft
7. Protect
Your Child !
8. Arizona
Sex
Offender
InfoCenter
9. Techno-Cops:
Search for Warrant
10. Arizona
Registrar
of Contractors Most Wanted
11. Drunk
Driver Registry — Stop
DUI AZ
12. Statewide
Domestic Violence Prevention Campaign Announced
"A
Crime Against Women"
- Although men
are more likely to be
victims of violent crime overall, a recent study
by the U.S. Department
of Justice reports that "intimate partner violence
is primarily a crime
against women"
- Of those
victimized by an intimate
partner, 85% are women and 15% are men. In other
words, women are 5 to
8 time more likely to be victimized by an intimate
partner.
- The vast
majority of domestic
assaults are committed by men. Even when men are
victimized, 10% are
assaulted by another man. In contract, only 2% of
women who are
victimized are assaulted by another woman.
Vulnerability Factors
- Women age 16
to 24 are most likely
to be victimized by an intimate partner.
- African-American
women experience
more domestic violence than White women in the age
group of 20-24.
However, Black and White women experience the same
level of
victimization in all other ate categories.
- Hispanic women
are less likely to
be victimized than non-Hispanic women in every age
group
- Women are most
vulnerable to
violence when separated from their intimate
partner. The second most
vulnerable group are those who are divorced. This
can discourage women
from leaving their abusive partner out of fear
that it will increase
their risk of victimization.
Physical
Injury
- Approximately
40-50% of female
victims are physically injured when assaulted by
their intimate partner
accounting for over 300,000 visits to the hospital
emergency room each
year.
- Only about 1
in 5 of domestic
violence victims with physical injuries seek
professional medical
treatment.
Murder
- Women are far
more likely than men
to be murdered by an intimate partner. Of those
murdered by their
intimate partner, 74% are women and 26% are men.
In other words, nearly
3 out of 4 of the murders committed by intimate
partners have a female
victim.
- The FBI
reports that between 1976
and 1996, domestic violence claims the lives of
more than four women
each day.
- Between 1976
and 1996, there was a
"sharp decrease" in the number of men murdered by
intimate partners
whereas the number of women murdered by an
intimate partner remained
constant. Some have attributed this to the
increasing availability of
shelters which provide battered women with options
other than killing
and abusive partner. It is possible that some
women who might have
otherwise killed their abuser are able to leave
and go to a
shelter.
Under-reporting
of Domestic Violence to Police
- Only about
half of domestic
violence incidents are reported to police.
African-American women
are more likely than others to report their
victimization to police.
- The most
common reasons for not
reporting domestic violence to police are that
victims view the
incident as a personal or private matter, they
fear retaliation from
their abuser, and they do not believe that police
will do anything
about the incident.
- Even with this
drastic
under-reporting, domestic violence calls
constitute approximately half
of all violent crime call to police departments.
For example, 49% of
the violent crime calls received by the Washington
D.C. Metropolitan
Police Department in 2000 were for domestic
violence incidents.
To Help
Minimize Identity Theft
- Despite
the
Popular
method,
Do NOT sign the back of your credit card but,
rather, write on the back of your credit card on the
Signature line: “
Photo ID required ”. This will require a current
Government issue ID,
Drivers License, INS card, Passport or other
official ID to be
presented to use the card.
- When
ordering
your
bank
checks, use Only your first name initials and your
last name. You can still sign your checks with your
full name, or your
normal signature. Never put your phone number or
your social security
number on your checks.
- When
staying
at
a hotel that uses a plastic door key card, Do NOT
return the
door card key that looks like a credit card to the
hotel clerk when you
check out to leave. ( That card is disposable, and
you already have
paid for it, when you checked in). That card
key has
personal data on it about: your home address, your
social security
number, your date of birth and other information
that you want to keep
private.
- Make
a
photocopy
( front and back ), of the contents of your wallet:
(All
IDs, Credit Cards, Business Cards of important
contacts other
important items), and keep that photocopy at home in
a safe place, or
in a Safe Deposit Box in a Bank. Do Not keep your or
your children’s or
relatives social Security Cards in your wallet
normally. You Normally
Need only The Following: Your Driver License, Car
Insurance and Car
Registration. Never leave a documents in the car.
If
your wallet is stolen or lost, call the 1800 number on
the Back
of each one of your credit cards, (you should have
a photocopy of
all of your credit cards) and cancel the cards.
Furthermore, you NEED
to immediately call the three credit bureaus in Arizona
and advise them
of your lost or stolen credit cards.
Those
credit
bureaus
are:
Equifax,
1-800-525-6285
Experian,
1-888-397-3742
TransUnion,
1-800-680-7289
Also,
call
the
Social Security administration fraud line at:
1-800-269-0271,
to file a report. ( To Limit Your Liability in case
Thief may use Your
Social Security Number to rent a car, open new, his
credit cards, or by
something online).
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