... that intimate partner abuse is a serious criminal justice and public health concern (United States Justice Department, 2000). 2 The United Kingdom In The United Kingdom, the most comprehensive survey of intimate partner abuse was done in 1996 (The British Crime Survey, 1996). Mirrlees-Blank & Byron (2002) analyzed the above survey and concluded that among a sample of 10,844 female respondents aged 16 to 59, 4.2% of women had been physically assaulted by a current or former intimate partner in the last year; 5.9% of women had experienced physical assault and /or frightening threats; 23% of women had been physically assaulted by a current or former intimate partner at some time in their lives. From the result, it was estimated there were 6.6 million incidents of domestic assault in 1995. On average, female victims were more likely to experience repeated assault. 11 3 In Hong Kong In Hong Kong, despite the increased attention given to intimate partner abuse, there is a dearth of research on prevalence of intimate partner ...

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