Does risk for violence against women change with age?
Violence against women can begin as child abuse, and some women are never directly abused while others may encounter multiple forms of abuse. The majority of elder abuse victims are female: in 1996, 67.3% of victims were female. Types of elder abuse consist of neglect (the most common form of maltreatment), physical abuse, exploitation, emotional abuse, and sexual abuse. The most common victim of elder abuse is an older woman with some chronic illness or disability, and the most common perpetrators are adult children, other family members, and spouses. What is sexual assault? Sexual assault, or sexual abuse, represents a physical attack by the abuser that is accompanied by sexual violence when a woman is forced to have sexual intercourse with her abuser or take part in unwanted sexual activity. How common is sexual assault? Sexual assault continues to represent the most rapidly growing violent crime in America, claiming a victim every 2 minutes. The Bureau of Justice Statistics Nationa
