Saturday, April 30, 2011

MYTH 4: Domestic violence has nothing to do with child abuse.

FACT: A wide array of studies reveal a significant overlap between domestic violence and child abuse, with most finding that both forms of abuse occur in 30-60% of violent families.

FACT: Other studies have shown intimate partner violence (“IPV”) to be a strong predictor of child abuse, increasing the risk from 5% after one act of IPV to 100% after 50 acts of IPV.
http://www.stopfamilyviolence.org/info/custody-abuse/statistics/10-custody-myths-and-how-to-counter-them
Published Newsletter Vol. 4, 2006 by ABA Commission On Domestic Violence

10 Custody Myths and How To Counter Them

by American Bar Association Commission On Domestic Violence
Any attorney who represents clients in custody matters will recognize at least some of the following unfounded clichés about domestic violence and custody. Here are some resources that the ABA Commission on Domestic Violence  provides for practitioners to use when representing victims of domestic violence.

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