With a bit of congressional support, a simple test can save many lives. The Crisis Shelter is set to implement this Lethality Assessment Program here in Lawrence County.
By Editorial, Friday, October 28,8:00 PM
IN 2009, ONE-FOURTH of the District’s 144 homicides were linked to abusive relationships. The following year, according to the advocacy group D. C. Safe, the number of domestic-violence homicides fell by half.
In Maryland, there has been a 41 percent drop in the number of homicides linked to domestic violence over the past three years.
The rate of violent crime overall has been declining, but not that fast. The dramatic drop in domestic-violence deaths in Maryland and the District is due largely to a simple but effective tool that helps identify women most at risk of being killed by their husbands or boyfriends. It is a tool that, if used nationwide, could save hundreds of the approximately 1,200 women killed every year by partners or former partners.
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