Maryland Domestic Violence

According to Domestic Violence Counts: Maryland Summary, on September 17, 2013, 376 domestic violence victims (179 children and 197 adults) found refuge in emergency shelters or transitional housing provided by local domestic violence programs. 

Maryland Network Against Domestic Violence

Our Mission:

The Maryland Network Against Domestic Violence (MNADV) is the state domestic violence coalition that brings together victim service providers, allied professionals, and concerned individuals for the common purpose of reducing intimate partner and family violence and its harmful effects on our citizens.

For more information, contact:

Maryland Network Against Domestic Violence
4601 Presidents Dr.
Ste. 370
Lanham, MD 20706

Phone: 301-429-3601
Statewide Domestic Violence Helpline: 1-800-MD-HELPS

Why Maryland domestic violence services are needed:

On average, nearly 20 people per minute are physically abused by an intimate partner in the United States. 

Intimate partner violence accounts for 15% of all violent crime. 

Almost half of female (46.7%) and male (44.9%) victims of rape in the United States were raped by an acquaintance.  

72% of all murder-suicides involve an intimate partner; 94% of the victims of these murder suicides are female. 

1 in 15 children are exposed to intimate partner violence each year, and 90% of these children are eyewitnesses to this violence. 

Between 21-60% of victims of intimate partner violence lose their jobs due to reasons stemming from the abuse.

 Source:  National Coalition Against Domestic Violence

Domestic violence articles to help you better understand the problem in Maryland:  

Domestic Violence Isn't Always Physical Violence

To truly understand just what domestic violence is, we must also understand the abusers.  As with their victims, individuals who batter fall into no specific categories. They come from all class backgrounds, races, religions and walks of life. 

Domestic Violence Victims: What Can You Do? 

Domestic violence is at epidemic levels in the United States and probably the best thing any of us can do to stop the violence is to learn about it and get involved. 

Domestic Violence Is Everyone's Problem

We aren't stopping domestic violence because we are throwing money at the problem and not the solution. 

 

Domestic Violence: Separating Myths From TheTruth

Domestic violence affects every aspect of daily living and it is the duty of every member of a free society to learn the truth and dispel all the myths surrounding the domestic violence problem.

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