Teen dating violence, also called adolescent relationship
abuse, is a serious public health problem. There is still much we do not
understand about the nature and scope of this problem. Results of an NIJ-funded
study can help change that.
The study – the National Survey of Teen Relationships and
Intimate Violence – is the first to provide a comprehensive national portrait
of teen dating violence with detailed measurements of both who perpetrates such
violence and who has been victimized. The study found that approximately two
thirds of youths (ages 12-18) who were in a relationship or had been in one in
the past year reported they had been victimized (69 percent) or perpetrated
violence (63 percent).
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