FAQs
Domestic Violence FAQs
Isn’t it true that women beat men as often as men beat women?
Women do hit men – sometimes, but not always, in self-defense.  But in the vast majority of domestic violence incidents in which serious injuries occur, men are the batterers and women their victims.  Certainly, all domestic violence is wrong – and the costs of abuse are huge.
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Court FAQs
Some of the questions domestic violence victims commonly ask when they first appear in court are,

What will happen today?
What happens if the defendant pleads not guilty?
What is a subpoena?...
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