NASW-GA Student Lobby Day 2013

What is …

Domestic Violence is a pattern of hurtful and abusive behaviors used by one individual to systematically control and have power over another individual.

Domestic Violence?

-CDC

1 in 4 women

and

1 in7men

experience intimate partner

violence

-CDC

1 in 6 women

and

1 in 19 men

have been stalked

Why do they stay?

Women who leave are at a

75% greater risk of being killed.

Georgia ranks

10th in the nation for states where men kill women.

- Violence Policy Center: When Men Murder Women: An analysis of 2009 Homicide Data

Georgia Fatality ReviewKey Findings 2004-2011

Of all the systems and agencies

involved in the lives of domestic

violence victims, law enforcement

had the most contact with and

access to victims who were later

killed by their partners in Georgia.

Georgia Fatality ReviewKey Findings 2004-2011

When law enforcement was

called to the scene, 61% of

the time no arrest warrant

was taken or no evidence

of a charge could be located.