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Violent Victimization Research demonstrates that people with disabilities and Deaf people experience victimization at higher rates than the general population. For example, according to the Bureau of Justice Statistics' National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS), people with disabilities, including those with "hearing disabilities," were 2.5 times more likely to experience violent victimization and 3 times more likely to experience serious violent crime than people without disabilities.[18] Domestic and Sexual Violence Unfortunately, we cannot turn to the well- known, large-scale national studies on domestic and sexual violence to understand the Deaf experience. Many of these studies, including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey - the most current and comprehensive national and state level data source in the United States, use research methodologies that are inaccessible to Deaf people.[19] They rely exclusively on collecting data via phone - based interviews or written surveys in English, limiting the participation of Deaf signers.[20] Instead, to understand how prevalent domestic and sexual violence is in the lives of Deaf people, we have to turn to a small, but growing body of research studies that focused on Deaf communities, specifically, and used accessible research methodologies, including data collection in American Sign Language. This research paints a vivid picture of epidemic rates of violence and abuse across the lifespan of Deaf people. 10