Someone reading this, either knows or, is a victim of domestic violence (DV).
More than 50 percent of Lower Bucks Source readers are women who have children that are female also, according to Google Analytics. An estimated one in four women and one in nine men will be subjected to abuse by an intimate partner, the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence, says.
The probability some readers are living in and around domestic violence is very high.
Join A Woman’s Place for their Candlelight Vigil to honor the lives lost to Domestic Violence. Located at the James-Lorah House, 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm 132 N. Main Street
Domestic violence is a pattern of abusive behavior used to establish power and control over an intimate partner, causing both physical and emotional harm. Victims may be subjected to abuse, harassment, threats, vandalism, trespassing, burglary, theft and stalking, according to advocates and health professionals.
As one of the most chronically underreported crimes, domestic violence affects men and women in all racial, ethnic, religious, educational, social and economic backgrounds, DV advocates say.
Domestic Violence impacts everyone around it. Even those who write about it.
To get help you can call the 24-Hour Hotline at 1-800-220-8116. The hotline is free, private, and confidential. For information on the signs and red flags of DV please click here.
light refreshments will be served afterwards, officials say.
