Arrests of adults for domestic violence amount to about 60% of all adult arrest for interpersonal violence in the U.S.

Courts issued 1.7 million domestic violence restraining orders, civil and criminal, initial and final, in U.S. in 2008, with 1.1 million active daily.

Among all domestic violence incidents reported to the police, only a few percent involve weapons or serious physical injuries.

Domestic-violence dual-arrest rates vary widely due to differences in statistical definitions and gender-profiling men for arrest for domestic violence.

In New Jersey, domestic violence arrests as a share of all arrests for interpersonal violence rose from 13% in 1983 to 67% in 2001.

Police address only a small share of domestic violence. Police statistics indicate men comprise 25% of domestic violence victims & 75% of arrests.

Increase in arrests for domestic violence drove the increase in arrests for all interpersonal violence from 1980 to 2011.

The U.S. criminal justice system treats domestic violence more seriously than other forms of violence. The consistent with sensational public concern.

Comprehensive data on homicide, suicide & workplace fatalities makes apparent the anti-men gender bias in sensationalization of intimate-partner homicide.

State legislation concerning domestic-violence restraining orders, police and prosecutors’ domestic-violence policies, and victim services for women.