Female Abuse

Project Menu 1. “Violence Against Women” by Nelson


I thought I knew plenty about gender violence until my research on this subject began. The gender violence’s I am most familiar with are rape, domestic violence, and sexual harassment.

Before starting my research I would have thought that domestic violence was the most costly to the victim however; the documents that I have read indicate that rape is the most costly. “ The National Institute of Justice estimates that rape and other sexual assaults of adults cause an annual minimum loss of 127 billion dollars, or about $508 per U.S. resident. This includes tangible losses such as initial police response, medical care, mental health services, property damage or loss, and loss of productivity; and intangible losses such as loss of quality of life, and pain and suffering. These costs do not include the costs of investigation, prosecution or incarceration of offenders. This figure makes sexual assault the ...