Women are more likely to be assaulted, injured or killed by a male partner than by any other type of assailant. Between 20,000 and 44,000 women in Iowa suffer abuse in their homes every year. It's statistics like these that are changing the public's opinion on the issue of domestic violence, Miller said. This is a crime. A very serious crime.
Public attitudes are what really ultimately controls conduct.
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