Community Against Violence, Taos, New Mexico




About CAV Domestic Violence Sexual Assault Youth & Dating Relationships Child Abuse Resources How Can I Help? Men Engaged in Non-Violence Second Chances Thrift Store Donate Home info@taoscav.org	Youth & Dating Relationships - Statistics About one in three high school students have been or will be involved in an abusive relationship. Teen dating violence most often takes place in the home of one of the partners. In 1995, 7 percent of all murder victims were young women who were killed by their boyfriends (Bureau of Justice Special Report: Intimate Partner Violence, May 2000). Over 1/4 of teen victims equate violence with love, whereas only 5% associate violence with hate. More than half of the students who witness their parents being abusive to each other become involved in an abusive relationship (House of Ruth Inc., 1995).