The National Museum of Crime & Punishment is committed to aiding in the fight against abuse. Here, you can get informed by reading some of the facts below, and also find contact information for organizations that can help.

Cruel Facts:

84% of prison inmates were abused as children.

More than 80% of abusers are a parent or someone close to a child.

One out of ten babies born today are born to mothers who are abusing drugs.

About one out of every four women in America will be physically assaulted or raped by an intimate partner at some point in their lives.

Battering on women is the most under reported crime in America.

One woman is beaten by her husband or partner every 15 seconds in the United States.

Approximately 95% of the victims of domestic violence are women.

25% - 45% of all women who are battered are battered during pregnancy.

Nearly five million cases of elder abuse occur each year, but 85% go unreported.

The typical victim of elder abuse is a woman over 75 who lives alone.

Close to 50% of those with dementia experience some form of abuse.

Elder financial abuse costs older Americans more than $2.6 billion per year.

Family, friends, caregivers and neighbors are the culprits in financial abuse cases more than half the time.