Advocates fear spike in domestic violence; Experts say unemployment, isolation may escalate severity of incidents
Her husband had tried to rape her and threatened to kill her. âI had the hammer so I could easily grab it if anything happened at night,â she said. âIt got to the point that I was scared for my life.â Ijomah, a survivor who was able to free herself from years of domestic abuse in 2013, is one of the thousands of women in the state who found themselves in an abusive relationship â one where control, manipulation, and oftentimes violence is at the center. DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN A PANDEMIC WHAT: Police, prosecutors and advocates say that while domestic violence calls durin...
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