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Domestic Violence- Domestic violence, also known as partner abuse, spouse abuse, or battering, occurs when one person uses force to inflict injury, either emotional or physical, upon another person they have, or had, a relationship with. It occurs between spouses and partners, parents and children, children and grandparents, and brothers and sisters. Victims can be any age, race, or gender.
Domestic violence is the single largest cause of injury to women between the ages of 15 and 44 in the United States, more than mugging, car accidents, and rapes combined. Each year between 2 million and 4 million women are battered, and 2,000 of these battered women will die of their injuries. Violence against men by women is also a problem, however in several studies I looked at; men were slightly more violent than women, although women reported significantly more past and present nonphysical violence than men.
Violence against women is an urgent public health problem with devastating consequences for women, children, and families. Nearly 18 percent of women surveyed, or 17.7 million American women, have been raped or been a victim of an attempted rape during their lifetime, according to a collaborative study on violence jointly funded by the Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Justice. This disgusted me as I looked at these figures. That means that in our County with a population figure of 45,000, we had 8100 women in Elko County raped or been a victim of an attempted rape during their lifetime.
PLAN: We will have a zero tolerance stand concerning domestic violence. If you commit an act of domestic physical violence you will go to jail. Education of the public will be our first goal. We will promote their Domestic Violence Hot Line throughout Elko County. We will assist domestic violence victims with protection and transportation to shelters, transitional housing. We will encourage them to seek abuse programs and outreach organizations.
Domestic violence is the single largest cause of injury to women between the ages of 15 and 44 in the United States, more than mugging, car accidents, and rapes combined. Each year between 2 million and 4 million women are battered, and 2,000 of these battered women will die of their injuries. Violence against men by women is also a problem, however in several studies I looked at; men were slightly more violent than women, although women reported significantly more past and present nonphysical violence than men.
Violence against women is an urgent public health problem with devastating consequences for women, children, and families. Nearly 18 percent of women surveyed, or 17.7 million American women, have been raped or been a victim of an attempted rape during their lifetime, according to a collaborative study on violence jointly funded by the Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Justice. This disgusted me as I looked at these figures. That means that in our County with a population figure of 45,000, we had 8100 women in Elko County raped or been a victim of an attempted rape during their lifetime.
PLAN: We will have a zero tolerance stand concerning domestic violence. If you commit an act of domestic physical violence you will go to jail. Education of the public will be our first goal. We will promote their Domestic Violence Hot Line throughout Elko County. We will assist domestic violence victims with protection and transportation to shelters, transitional housing. We will encourage them to seek abuse programs and outreach organizations.
