Alaska Victimization Survey results show that half of adult women in Ketchikan Gateway Borough have experienced intimate partner violence or sexual violence or both

The results of the 2013 Alaska Victimization Survey for the Ketchikan Gateway Borough were released on October 15 at 12 noon in Ketchikan.  The troubling numbers show that:

• 50% of adult women in the Ketchikan Gateway Borough have experienced intimate partner violence, sexual violence or both, in their lifetime;
• 9% have experienced intimate partner violence, sexual violence or both, in the past year;
• More than 3 out of every 10 adult women in the Ketchikan Gateway Borough have experienced sexual violence in their lifetime; and 
• More than 4 out of every 10 have experienced intimate partner violence in their lifetime.

The survey was designed to measure the lifetime and past year exposure to sexual violence and intimate partner violence. It was conducted from April to July 2013 in the Ketchikan Gateway Borough through a contract with the Council on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault (CDVSA). Respondents were randomly selected by phone (using both land lines and cellphones).

Details of the survey are available at: http://www.uaa.alaska.edu/justice/avs/

• Summary document
• PowerPoint presentation

More Information:
For more background on this project, visit http://www.uaa.alaska.edu/justice/avs/
For more information about CDVSA, visit http://www.dps.state.ak.us/CDVSA/
For more information about resources in the Ketchikan Gateway Borough, visit Women in Safe Homes at http://www.wishak.org/

Below are links to media coverage of this event:

• "Ketchikan Meeting Scheduled for Release of Data from Alaska Victimization Survey" (SitNews, 14 Oct 2013).
• "Alaska Victimization Survey" by Diane Gubatayao (letter to the editor) (SitNews, 14 Oct 2013).
• "Half of Ketchikan women experienced violence" by Leila Kheiry (KRBD Ketchikan FM Community Radio for Southern Southeast Alaska, 16 Oct 2013).
• "Suffering exposed: Alaska's women speak up about violence, abuse" by Jill Burke (Alaska Dispatch, 16 Oct 2013).