2,000,000 Acts of Violence Committed Each Year
We humans can be the most altruistic and giving of all creatures. In doing research on anger management statistics I was shocked at how capable we are at committing acts of violence as well.
Murder
The most serious effect is murder; some 25,000 people are killed by another person each year in the United States alone.
A 1997 study by the World Health Organization showed that about 300,000 people are murdered worldwide each year in wars, conflicts, and violence between individuals. Young men are at the highest risk of being killed. Studies in many countries show that 4 out of 10 deaths of men aged 15 to 24 are due to murder or suicide. Every day in the United States, 65 people are killed and more than 6,000 are wounded in interpersonal violence.
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Estimates range from 960,000 incidents of violence against a current or former spouse, boyfriend, or girlfriend per year.
Intimate partner violence is primarily a crime against women. In 2001, women accounted for 85 percent of the victims of intimate partner violence (588,490 total) and men accounted for approximately 15 percent of the victims (103,220 total).
Male violence against women does much more damage than female violence against men; women are much more likely to be injured than men.
Women of all races are about equally vulnerable to violence by an intimate.
The most rapid growth in domestic relations caseloads is occurring in domestic violence filings. Between 1993 and 1995, 18 of 32 states with three year filing figures reported an increase of 20 percent or more.
Domestic Violence and Children
In a national survey of more than 6,000 American families, 50 percent of the men who frequently assaulted their wives also frequently abused their children.
Slightly more than half of female victims of intimate violence live in households with children under age 12.
Studies suggest that between 3.3 - 10 million children witness some form of domestic violence annually.
Studies suggest that between 3.3 - 10 million children witness some form of domestic violence annually
In a national survey of more than 6,000 American families, 50 percent of the men who frequently assaulted their wives also frequently abused their children.
Slightly more than half of female victims of intimate violence live in households with children under age 12.
Violence at Work ?»¿?»¿
In the United States alone approximately one thousand murders take place in the workplace each year.
One million or so workers injured each year in violent attacks by coworkers.
A Study From the Sunday Times in 2006 found:
•45% of us regularly lose our temper at work.
• 64% of Britons working in an office have had office rage.
• 38% of men are unhappy at work.
• 27% of nurses have been attacked at work.
• Up to 60% of all absences from work are caused by stress.
• 33% of Britons are not on speaking terms with their neighbors.
• 1 in 20 of us has had a fight with the person living next door.
• UK airlines reported 1,486 significant or serious acts of air rage in a year, a 59% increase over the previous year.
• The UK has the second-worst road rage in the world, after South Africa.
• More than 80% of drivers say they have been involved in road rage incidents; 25% have committed an act of road rage themselves.
• 71% of internet users admit to having suffered net rage.
• 50% of us have reacted to computer problems by hitting our PC, hurling parts of it.
Pretty shocking isn’t it? These statistics dramatically point out that anger management problems are not limited to one class or a certain type of person. It damages the livees of a significant number of people every year. Think not only of the physical cost, but the emotional costs, the psychological damage, the legal costs and the medical costs.Poor control over emotions cost us an incalculable amount each year.
We as a people should strongly consider offering an anger management class or, better still, a class on how to manage your emotions to every school curriculum. The younger these skills are learned the more natural they become when you grow up and the less likely we are to see numbers such as those presented here.
