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While approximately 57,000 women and 18,000 men in Minnesota experience domestic violence in a year's time, fewer than one in three instances are reported to police.
Crime is costly to our communities in terms of property loss, medical expenses and lost income due to injury, but the suffering and increased fear among domestic volence victims is truly a danger to families already in crisis.
Greater Twin Cities United Way and the Department of Public Safety Office of Justice Programs recently published a NEW report -- Domestic Violence: Results from the 2008 Minnesota Crime Victim Survey.
This report examines how those who experienced domestic violence differ from those who have not. It provides insight into the number of incidents of violence victims experienced, why victims don't report domestic violence to the police and the actions victims take in response to violence.
See the full report. Executive summaries are available in: Spanish, Hmong and Somali.
United Way of Southwest Minnesota partners with Women's Rural Advocacy Program (WRAP), New Horizons Crisis Center and other initiatives to help provide help and support for victims of violence. This is another example of your donation at work to make a difference in local people's lives.
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