There's no point in helping abused women. They'll just go back. Abusers are violent in all their relationships. Drinking causes abusive behavour. Children who grow up in abusive situations get used to it and can learn to deal with the abuse.
Nobody can help abusers.
Canadian Government Publishing Centre, Hull, Quebec, 1980. Other researchers generally consider this a low estimate. Violence in the American Family. Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada and Minister of National Health and Welfare, Ottawa, Ontario, 1984. The Free Press, New York, 1979.