DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

 

"IT'S MY FAULT"

 "I MADE HIM DO IT"

"IF ONLY I WAS MORE ...." 

"HE DIDN'T MEAN IT"

"HE PROMISES THAT IT WILL NEVER HAPPEN AGAIN"

"I WAS ASKING FOR IT"



Sound Familiar? If so, you may be one of millions of abused victims who blame themselves for a problem that has been becoming alarmingly more prevalent in today's society, Domestic Abuse & Violence. How prevalent is Domestic Violence? Here are just a few facts provided by the Nation Woman Abuse Prevention Project.

  • APPROX. 95% OF THE VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE  ARE WOMEN.

  • IN THE U.S. A WOMEN IS MORE LIKELY TO BE ASSAULTED, INJURED, RAPED OR KILLED BY A MALE PARTNER THAN ANY OTHER TYPE OF ASSAILANT.

  • 3 TO 4 MILLION AMERICAN WOMEN ARE BATTERED EACH YEAR BY THEIR HUSBANDS OR PARTNERS.

  • WIFE-BEATING RESULTS IN MORE INJURIES THAT REQUIRE MEDICAL TREATMENT THAN RAPE, AUTO ACCIDENTS, AND MUGGINGS COMBINED.

  • EACH YEAR MORE THAN ONE MILLION WOMEN SEEK MEDICAL ASSISTANCE FOR INJURIES CAUSED BY BATTERING.

  • THE F.B.I. REPORTS THAT 30% OF FEMALE HOMICIDE VICTIMS ARE KILLED BY THEIR HUSBANDS OR BOYFRIENDS. 6% OF MALE HOMICIDE VICTIMS ARE KILLED BY THEIR WIVES OR GIRLFRIENDS.

  • AN IN DEPTH STUDY OF ALL ONE-ON-ONE MURDERS AND NON-NEGLIGENT MANSLAUGHTER CASES FROM 1980-84 FOUND THAT MORE THAN ONE- HALF (52%) OF FEMALE VICTIMS WERE KILLED BY MALE PARTNERS.

  • ABUSED WOMEN COMPRISE APPROX. 20% OF WOMEN PRESENTING WITH INJURY TO HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICES.

  • VIOLENCE WILL OCCUR AT LEAST ONCE IN TWO-THIRDS OF ALL MARRIAGES.

  • DOMESTIC VIOLENCE OCCURS AMONG ALL RACES AND SOCIOECONOMIC GROUPS.

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    Are you a victim? Do you need to talk to someone? Do you know of someone who could be at risk? The Dartmouth Police Department stands ready to assist.

           

    PLEASE stop the circle of violence. If you have children and they are living in an abusive home setting, chances are they will also be victims of abuse, they themselves will become victims of spousal abuse when married or learn to become abusers themselves !!!

           

    Remember, " No one "deserves" to be abused "