In October 1987, the first Domestic Violence Awareness Month was observed. That same year the first national toll-free hotline was begun. In 1989 the first Domestic Violence Awareness Month Commemorative Legislation was passed by the U. S. Congress. In Texas, four new laws were incidents. Nearly 2 in 3 female victims of violence were related to or knew their attacker.
Domestic violence is believed to be the most common yet least reported crime in the country.
The majority of battered women have children who also are hurt both physically and emotionally by the violence in their homes. In families where woman battering occurs, the rate of child abuse of serious neglect is 1500 percent higher that the national average. Research indicates that woman abuse in a family may be the single most important risk factor for child maltreatment. Domestic violence is a whole community to stop domestic violence. All rights reserved.