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| FACTS ABOUT DOMESTIC ABUSE |
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| Domestic violence victims account for over 25 percent of all violent crime victims [in Minnesota]. MN Planning |
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| "I now cannot stop wondering how many victims are out there crying alone tonight." Nobuko Oyabu |
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| CALL US NOW! We can Help! 1-800-376-4311 |
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| "Abuse victims are always the best actors. They have to be, to live their whole lives with the pain and shame, pretending there is nothing wrong. It's the greatest performance of all." Richard Dreyfuss in "Silent Fall" (1994) (Morgan Creek Productions - Warner Bros.) |
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| Battered women's shelters in Minnesota have a 53 percent turn-away rate due to lack of space. Minnesota Center for Crime Victim Services |
| Nearly one-third of American women (31 percent) report being physically or sexually abused by a husband or boyfriend at some point in their lives. The Commonwealth Fund |
| On average [in the United States], more than three women are murdered by their husbands or boyfriends in this country every day. In 1999, 1, 642 murders were attributed to intimates; 74 percent of the murder victims (1,218 total) were women. Bureau of Justice Statistics Special Report, Intimate Partner Violence and Age of Victim |