OBJECTIVE: Children witnessing domestic violence is a major national concern. The
present study provided data on the prevalence of children's exposure to substantiated cases
of adult female assaults in five US cities. METHOD: Data for this study were drawn from the
Spouse Assault Replication Program (SARP) database, collected from police officers and
female victims of misdemeanor domestic violence. In addition, household demographic data
and data on involvement of children in the violent incidents were collected. Data from the …

Data were drawn from the Spouse Assault Replication Program (SARP) database collected
from police officers and female victims in five cities in the United States. Researchers
interviewed women within weeks of a police response to a domestic violence call and a
second time six months after the incident. The study found that children were
disproportionately present in households where there was a substantiated incident of adult
female assault and that children under five years of age were disproportionately represented …