Reports Of Family Violence, Abuse Within Military Rise

A report by the Defense Department’s Family Advocacy Program shows the number of reports of family violence within the military, which had been in decline over several years, has been rising over the last two years, and reports of abused children and spouses increased significantly last year as well. However it is unclear whether the increase is attributable to increased abuse or possibly an increase in reports by people who remained silent in the past, or better record-keeping. In fiscal year 2010, the rate of confirmed spouse abuse was 11.2 per one-thousand couples, up from 10.1 per thousand in 2009 and 9.4 per thousand in 2008. Prior to 2008, the rate had been steadily declining from 16.5 per thousand in fiscal year 2001. To read more on this topic, please go to: http://www.stripes.com/news/reports-of-family-violence-abuse-within-military-rise-1.148815