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Teen dating violence is the physical, sexual, or psychological / emotional abuse (or violence) within a dating relationship among adolescents. [1] Intimate partner violence (IPV) has been a well examined and documented phenomenon in adults; however, there has not been nearly as much study on violence in adolescent dating relationships, and it ...
Depending on the population studied and the way dating violence is defined, between 9 and 35% of teens have experienced domestic violence in a dating relationship. When a broader definition of abuse that encompasses physical, sexual, and emotional abuse is used, one in three teen girls is subjected to dating abuse." [44]
Teen dating violence is defined as the physical, sexual, psychological, or emotional violence within a dating relationship, as well as stalking. [69] This includes electronic forms (like threatening text messages, excessive yelling, or cursing at someone in a phone message) as well as face-to-face forms. [69]
Fewer than one-third of U.S. teens in a violent relationship report telling anyone about it, according to statistics from the Pennsylvania Coalition Against Domestic Violence. When young adults do ...
Call the National Teen Dating Abuse Helpline at 866-331-9474, ... a non-profit partnership with SafePlace to reach out to young victims of dating violence. She says creating the organization is ...
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On February 5, 2007, the Texas Legislature's State Representative Dawnna Dukes entered a bill to require school districts in Texas to create policies regarding teen dating violence. This bill was created in memory of Jennifer Ann Crecente [29] and Ortralla Mosley. [30]
The Jennifer Ann Crecente Memorial Group, Inc., commonly known as "Jennifer Ann's Group", is a Code Section 501(c)(3) public charity based in Atlanta, Georgia, whose aims are to educate young people about the prevalence of teen dating violence, how to identify these relationships, and how to extricate themselves safely from such relationships.