This file was prepared for electronic distribution by the inforM staff. Questions or comments should be directed to inform-editor@umail.umd.edu. ENDNOTES 1. These figures are based on our survey described in Appendix A; Independent estimates may show as many as 4 million incidents of domestic violence every year; see Testimony of Dr. Angela Browne, hearings before the Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Senate Hearing 101-939, Part 2,101st Cong. 2d Sess. 117 (Dec. 11, 1990). 2. See Los Angeles Times, p. 17, col. 5, (January 4,1989); Los Angeles Times, p. 2, col. 3, (May 23,1989). 3. Surgeon General Antonio Novello, "From The Surgeon General, U.S. Public Health Services," Journal of the American Medical Association. Vol. 267 no. 23, p. 3132, (June 17,1992). 4. The 1 in 3 to 1 in 5 figure is from the Journal of the American Medical Association. vol. 267, No.3, p.3185. The other figure is from the Testimony of Dr. Angela Browne, Committee on the Judiciary, U.S. Senate, Senate Hearing 101-939, Part 2,101st Cong., 2d Sess. 116-17 (Dec. 11, 1990). 5. The 1 in 5 figure is taken from Dr. Mary Koss, Testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee (Aug.29,1990); the 1 in 8 figure and estimate of 12.1 million is taken from National Victim Center and the Crime Victims Research and Treatment Center, "Rape in America: A Report to the Nation," April 23, 1992, p. 4. 6. U.S. Department of Justice, Report to the Nation on Crime and Justice 29 (2d ed. 1988). 7. These figures are based on our survey described in Appendix A; independent estimates show as many as 4 million incidents of domestic violence every year; see Testimony of Dr. Angela Browne, hearings before the Senate Committee on the Judiciary, 101st Cong. 2d Sess. 117 (Dec. 11,1990). 8. see Testimony of Sarah Buel, Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Senate Hearing 101-939, Part 2, (August 1990). (Citing 1985 Massachusetts Department of Youth study showing that children growing up in violent homes have a "74% greater chance of committing crimes against the person...." 9. The Boulder County Rape Crisis Team, nSexual Assault in Boulder County, Colorado: The Crimes and their Consequencesn p.17 (June 17,1992). 10. "Adolescents May Experience Home, School Abuse," Journal of the American Medical Association. vol. 267, no. 23 at 3127-28, (June 17,1992). 11. Testimony of Dr. Angela Browne, Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Senate Hearing 101-939, Part 2, 101st Cong., 2d Sess. (Dec. 11,1990). 12. Testimony of Attorney General Burris, Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Senate Hearing 102-369, 101st Cong., 2d Sess. p. 76, (Apr. 9, 1991).