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Advocating for Youth in Domestic Violence Proceedings 399
1. This article uses “she” to denote victims and survivors of abuse, and “he”
to denote perpetrators of abuse. Studies show that both male and female
teens commit physical violence within the context of a dating relationship;
however, boys initiate violence more often, use greater force than girls, and
are more repeatedly violent with their dating partners. Girls sustain more
physical injuries as a result of violence, are more likely to report that
physical violence was used in self-defense, and overwhelmingly report
being afraid of their partner more than boys. C. Molidor & R. Tolman,
Gender and Contextual Factors in Adolescent Dating Violence, 2 Violence
Against Women 4, at 180-194 (1998) (hereinafter Gender and Contextual
Factors).
2. J.G. Silverman, A. Raj, L.A. Mucci & J.E. Hathaway, Dating Violence
Against Adolescent Girls and Associated Substance Use, Unhealthy Weight
Control, Sexual Risk Behavior, Pregnancy, and Suicidality, 5 Journal of the
American Medical Association 286, at 572-79 (August 2001) (hereinafter
Dating Violence Against Adolescent Girls).
3. City of New York Teen Relationship Abuse Fact Sheet (March 1998);
Uniform Crime Reports, Federal Bureau of Investigation (1991).
4. L.L. Davidson, Prevalence of Intimate Partner Violence in Urban Young
Women: Experiences with Disclosure in Health Care Settings, American
Public Health Association presentation, Washington, DC (2004).
5. Domestic Violence Fact Sheet, Mayor’s Office to Combat Domestic
Violence (November 2005); Report of the Public Advocate Betsy
Gotbaum, Opening the Door: Looking at New York’s Response to
Domestic Violence 13 Years After “Behind Closed Doors,” January 2006.
6. Dating Violence Against Adolescent Girls, supra, note 2.
7. J. Gazmararian, et al., Violence and Reproductive Health: Current
Knowledge and Future Research Directions, 4 Maternal and Child Health
Journal, No. 2 (2000); M. Moore, Reproductive Health and Intimate Partner
Violence, 31 Family Planning Perspectives, No. 6 (1999); J. Silverman, et
al., Dating Violence and Associated Sexual Risk and Pregnancy Among
Adolescent Girls in the United States, 114 Pediatrics, at 220-225 (2004).
8. Gender and Contextual Factors, supra, note 1.
9. Id.