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12 S. Cal. Rev. L. & Women's Stud. 131 (2002-2003)
Education Policy Brief: The Imeprative of Developing Teen Dating Violence Prevention and Intervention Programs in Secondary Schools

handle is hein.journals/scws12 and id is 139 raw text is: EDUCATION POLICY BRIEF: THE IMPERATIVE OF DEVELOPING TEEN DATING VIOLENCE PREVENTION AND INTERVENTION PROGRAMS IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS TIFFANY J. ZWICKER* I. INTRODUCTION A recent national survey found that 25% of women will experience intimate partner violence (IPV) at some point during their lifetimes.' Alarmingly, a comparison of IPV rates between teens and adults reveals that teens are at higher risk of such abuses.2 Approximately one in every five female high school students has been physically and/or sexually abused by a dating partner.3 Despite growing awareness of the great need for recognition of teen dating violence (TDV) by the law, only twenty-nine states have some domestic violence laws that include dating violence victims, and of these states, only seventeen allow minors to obtain protective orders.4 These statistics strongly reflect the inadequacy of the J.D. Candidate, University of Southern California School of Law, 2003; B.A., Yale University, 1999. I would like to thank Professors Tom Lyon and Stacey Turner for their guidance, everyone at Break the Cycle for their inspiration, my RLAWS editorial and production team for all their hard work and my family for their love and support. 1. Patricia Tjaden & Nancy Thoennes, Prevalence, Incidence, and Consequences of Violence Against Women: Findings from the National Violence Against Women Survey, U.S. DEPT. JUST., NAT'L INST. JUST. CTR. FOR DISEASE CONTROL & PREVENTION (Nov. 1998) at 5. 2. Jay G. Silverman et al., Dating Violence Against Adolescent Girls and Associated Substance Use, Unhealthy Weight Control, Sexual Risk Behavior, Pregnancy, and Suicidality, 286(5) JAMA 572, 576-77 (2001). 3. Id. 4. NAT'L CTR. FOR VICTIMS OF CRIME, Public Policy Issues: Dating Violence Overview of Legislative Issues, (Wash., D.C.), at http://www.ncvc.org/law/issues/dating- violence/dating_violence-main.htm (last visited Oct. 23. 2002).

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