A new Justice Department protocol seeks to ensure clinical interventions prioritize intimate partner violence survivors’ health and well-being, while preserving forensic evidence for use in legal proceedings.
Michelle Onello
Recognizing that intimate partner violence is a significant public health issue in the United States, the U.S. Department of Justice’s About 75 percent of female IPV survivors and 48 percent of male IPV survivors experience some form of injury.Despite these grim numbers, experts believeJane Manning, director of Women’s Equal Justice, a New York-based nonprofit dedicated to helping survivors of sexual violence navigate the criminal justice system, said OVW deserves enormous credit for the new protocol.
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