Visit this page often to read articles of interest. Living with Violence Single women have many options when it comes to living arrangements. Some choose to live with their parents, some choose to live with roommates, and still others choose to live with their boyfriends. The Real Cycle of Violence Imagine that every woman who is hit or beaten reports the incident to the police, the batterer receives effective treatment, and the abuse ends. Signs of Danger Many experts in the field of domestic violence agree that there is no generic profile of an abuser.
Domestic violence knows no boundaries.
Some victims of domestic violence can not call out for help literally. At the conference, Verizon Wireless President and CEO Denny Strigl unveiled powerful new posters that drive home the impact domestic violence has on women and their employers. National - Last year the country's violent crime rate dropped 10.4 percent to its lowest level since the government began measuring it in 1973, according to the Bureau of Justice Statistics. A year ago, battered women's advocates began urging Attorney General Janet Reno to take action to save the life of Rodi Adali Alvarado Pe a, who came to the U.S. in 1995 to escape brutal domestic violence that nearly claimed her life in her native Guatemala.