The report finds that violence against American Indians and Alaska Natives is more common than violence against others - far more common than previous research indicated, and that more than 4 out of 5 American Indian and Alaska Native adults have experienced some form of violence in their lifetime. Estimates of sexual violence, physical violence by intimate partners, stalking, and psychological aggression by intimate partners are also found in the report.
Read the full report here.
Read the message the NIJ Director's Corner about this report.
Register for a National Indigenous Women's Resource Center (NIWRC) webinar with Dr. Rosay on May 18, 2016 at 11:00 a.m ADT: "Violence Against American Indian and Alaska Native Women and Men: 2010 Findings from the National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey."
Read the message the NIJ Director's Corner about this report.
Register for a National Indigenous Women's Resource Center (NIWRC) webinar with Dr. Rosay on May 18, 2016 at 11:00 a.m ADT: "Violence Against American Indian and Alaska Native Women and Men: 2010 Findings from the National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey."