Virginia: Domestic Violence

Every year in Virginia, thousands of individuals and families are touched by violence in their own homes. In 2007 alone, 38,798 calls were made to the statewide domestic and sexual violence hotline, and more than 6,500 adults and children received emergency and temporary shelter services from local domestic violence shelter programs. (Virginia Sexual and Domestic Violence Action Alliance, 2007.) In addition, roughly one in three homicides are related to family and intimate partner violence. (Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, 2008.)

http://www.oag.state.va.us/KEY_ISSUES/DOMESTIC_VIOLENCE/DV_Training_and_Events.html