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Facts
About Domestic Violence
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An
estimated minimum of 3.3 million children witness domestic violence each
year (National Woman Abuse Prevention Project).
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From
January 1990– September 1999, 119 Iowans were killed due to domestic
violence (Iowa General's Office).
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Every
9 seconds a woman is battered in the United States (Family Violence
Prevention Fund).
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Domestic
Violence is considered one of the foremost causes of serious injury to
women ages 15 to 44 (Office of the Surgeon General).
You
may be a victim of domestic/Dating
Violence If Your Partner…
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Hits,
kicks or shoves you.
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Uses
his/her temper, jealous rages or anger to frighten you.
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Isolates
you from your support system.
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Calls
you names, puts you down or plays mind games.
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Control
access to money, food and necessities.
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Controls
what you do, where you go and who you see and talk to.
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Forces
sex against your will.
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Intimidates
you by smashing things, destroying your property or abusing your pets.
Power and Control Wheel
(click wheel to understand how it
works)
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Domestic
Abuse Intervention Project
206
West Fourth Street
Duluth,
Minnesota 55806
218.722.2781
ACCESS
Crisis Line:1-800-203-3488
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