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Adolescents are less likely to have or to father a baby if they

Heterosexual contact accounts for fewer than 10 percent of HIV infections.

What ratio of American women suffer from either anorexia and bulimia?

School staff might not be aware of incidences of bullying because much of it occurs outside of school.

What are the phases of the battering cycle, and how do these change over many years?

All 50 states have mandated reporting laws for child abuse, although the persons who are required to report vary from state to state.

When a woman is sexually assaulted in the military, she might be diagnosed with a personality disorder for failing to adjust adequately to the assault.

Laws sanctioning wife beating existed as late as the 1860s.

When a family has been involved with child protective services because of child abuse, the incidence of abuse dramatically decreases.

Many more children suffer from neglect than other forms of child abuse.