Domestic Violence Debate Grows Across Iowa Counties
In Eastern Iowa experts describe rising cases in Johnson County while Linn County sees fewer. Critics urge prevention and education, noting funding gaps and laws that increased reporting.
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1999
Page
11
In Eastern Iowa experts describe rising cases in Johnson County while Linn County sees fewer. Critics urge prevention and education, noting funding gaps and laws that increased reporting.
The Crime Victim Assistance Division reports 14 761 adult female and 572 adult male domestic violence victims served in fiscal 1998 along with 2 543 adult women 3 adult men and 2 756 children sheltered. Between 20 000 and 40 000 Iowa women suffer abuse annually. Since 1990 intimate partners have killed 83 Iowa women and 10 men.
Jennifer recalls 20 years of verbal and physical abuse by her husband in rural Iowa. After dropping hints of danger to family and facing isolation, she finally left, divorced in April and remarried in May, while coping with nightmares and lasting trauma.
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