Columbia University: Breaking the Silence - Domestic Violence During COVID-19
May 05, 2020
May 05, 2020
NEW YORK, May 5 -- Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health issued the following news:
Rates of domestic violence that are already shockingly high--one in four women and one in ten men in the U.S. experience intimate partner violence--could be even higher as a consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic. This month in New York City, calls to domestic violence hotlines and visits to support websites in New York City have spiked. A newly published paper by Columbia University Ma . . .
Rates of domestic violence that are already shockingly high--one in four women and one in ten men in the U.S. experience intimate partner violence--could be even higher as a consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic. This month in New York City, calls to domestic violence hotlines and visits to support websites in New York City have spiked. A newly published paper by Columbia University Ma . . .