BREAKING THE CYCLE

TRANSFORMING EDUCATION, POLICY AND OUR COMMUNITY

Intimate Partner Violence (“IPV”) is physical and/or emotional abuse or aggression in a romantic relationship and impacts 1 in 3 women and 1 in 4 men. IPV is a significant public health crisis with enormous individual and societal costs. The CDC reports that over half of female murder victims in the United States are killed by a current or former partner, and IPV life-time economic costs, as a result of medical and criminal justice expenses and lost work, total $3.6 trillion.

But, IPV is preventable.

By integrating IPV education into all areas of higher learning, starting with the law school curriculum, systemic change can happen.

The University of Louisville’s Brandeis School of Law will form strategic alliances across the university and throughout Mary Byron’s hometown of Louisville, Kentucky to make IPV education accessible to all and transform our community and then the world.

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1 in 4 women and 1 in 9 men experience severe violence from an intimate partner.

Only 25% of IPV crimes are reported. At a minimum, that’s approximately 60 million victims in the U.S. alone.

In homes experiencing IPV, 50% of children living in the homes are also victims, which leads to a ripple effect of behaviorial, emotiona, and educational issues including truancy.

IPV homicides account for 15% of murders nationwide. 60% of incarcerated men and 50% of incarcerated women have a history of IPV victimization.

IPV costs the US economy an estimated $5.8 billion annually in lost productivity and medical expenses.