Domestic Violence

Title: Domestic Violence
Category: Society & Culture / People | Words: 649 | Pages: 2.8 (approximately 235 words/page)

Domestic Violence

Domestic Violence Every 15 seconds a woman is abused. Domestic Violence, as defined by The National Victim Assistance Academy, is any assault, battery, sexual assault, sexual battery, or any criminal offense resulting in personal injury or death of one family or household member by another, who is or was residing in the same single dwelling unit. "Family or household member" refers to a spouse, former spouse, persons related by blood or by marriage, persons who are …showed first 75 words of 649 total…

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…showed last 75 words of 649 total…cases in which the victim realizes the problem, or someone close to them does, there are many options available. “We have 24-hour "hot lines" that promise immediate investigation; we have courts specially designed to deal with this issue; and we have more programs and caseworkers than ever before.”(Vachss) Physical, psychological, and sexual abuse are all horrible and unacceptable acts. No matter what kind of abuse the victim has suffered, there is help for everyone.

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