Partner Violence Flashcards
T/F the cause of partner violence is the lack of ability of the abuser to control their anger
False- it’s the intimacy factor
How many women report being physically or sexually abused
1/4
Intimate partner homicides account for how many male and female murders
30% women
5% men
Health related costs due to partner violence
5.8 billion/year
Violence against women act
1994- Joe Biden
Illegal to cross state lines to break restraining order
Abuses can’t own firearm
Federal crime
What is the most provoking action
Trying to leave
Domestic violence centers charge how much for help
Free
what is the 1994 violence against women act
law making it a crime to cross state lines to break a restraining order
abusers cannot own firearm
abuse is federal crime