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VIOLENCE PREVENTION LINKS |
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Mission Statement
The Domestic Violence Prevention Coordinator is responsible
for the administration, coordination, and implementation of the Domestic
Violence Prevention Program in Tompkins County. The program coordinates
the community's response to domestic violence, working with law enforcement,
victims' services, prosecutors, Department of Social Services, BOCES, Probation
Department and health care professionals. The Tompkins County Coalition
Against Domestic Violence works with the Domestic Violence Coordinator
to provide public information and referral, advocacy, community education
and outreach, and training for law enforcement agencies.
Facts About Domestic Violence
Between 91-95% of all documented reports of adult domestic
violence are women abused by their male partners. About 1-2% is the physical
abuse of men by their female partners. Intimate violence, however, is not
limited to heterosexual relationships. The rate of violence in gay and
lesbian relationships is estimated to be about the same as in heterosexual
couples (around 20-30%), accounting for about 3-8% of the total number
of documented reports. While there may be under-reporting of domestic violence
by gay and lesbian victims and by men abused by their female partners,
it is also estimated that fewer than one in ten cases of women abused by
male partners is reported. |
