Family Violence - Violence in the family is not limited to husband and wife relationships. It may include parent and child abuse or sexual abuse. According to statistics, domestic disturbance calls far outnumber other types of police calls in which the possibility of violence exists. Your local area crisis center is available to assist you with telephone and on-site short term crisis intervention and counseling. The shelters in your area are available for long-term housing of women and their children.
Some agencies can provide both center and shelter assistance.
Girls are sexually abused three times more often than boys. Boys are more likely to die or be injured from their abuse. Women convicted of battery or assualt generally had turned to violence in self defense or retaliation. Children are often affected by divorce, leaving them feeling confused, insecure, fearful, trapped, unloved, angry, and guilty. Individual Counseling and Intervention.