23.9: Domestic Violence
Reducing Domestic Violence Other Information:
One in four women will experience domestic violence in her lifetime. Family violence accounted for 11 percent of all violence
between 1998 and 2002. Barack Obama introduced legislation to combat domestic violence by providing $25 million a year for
partnerships between domestic violence prevention organizations and Fatherhood or Marriage programs to train staff in domestic
violence services, provide services to families affected by domestic violence, and to develop best practices in domestic violence
prevention.
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