By Sravya Tadepalli, The Lily, October 29, 2021
Today, reporting to the police is often the easiest way for survivors of intimate partner violence to access services and protections provided through the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), first signed in 1994.
But amid growing calls to limit police involvement in various aspects of life — especially as police mishandling of domestic cases makes headlines — some programs are seeking to provide alternatives.
A 2015 study from the National Domestic Violence Hotline found that 2 in 3 survivors who called the police on a partner are somewhat or extremely afraid to call the police in the future. Only 14 percent of women who had called the police in the past said they were extremely likely to call the police again, according to the report.
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