Oct. 8 y 1986
Volunteers Needed for Abuse Study
The U.S. Attorney General has
identified family violence as one
of the most critical problems in
the United States today and
Dauphin, Cumberland, Lebanon,
and Perry Counties are no
exception. A nationwide study is
currently being conducted by a
research team from the
California State University-
Sacrainento and Women’s
Research Institute (Brigham
Young University) in
cooperation with the YWCA
Women’s Shelter. Harrisburg
and its surrounding area has been
randomly selected as one of
twelve communities to
participate in this study.
Though the incidence of
domestic abuse is high, women
also place a high value upon
marriage and family
relationships as well as safety
issues. For this reason, many
women remain in abusive
situations a long time and try a
number of methods to end the
abuse.
This fall a study is underway to
determine what strategies these
abuse victims have tried and
what results they have had. Were
they able to end abuse and
remain with their spouse or was
separation necessary? How were
they able to stop the violence? If
you have been physically abused
by your spouse in the past, but
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have not been abused for at least
one year, the research team asks
you to share these experiences
with them.
Victims, both those still living
with a formerly abusive spouse
and those who have left the
relationship to end the violence
are urged to assist in this study.
All replies are completely
confidential. To participate, or
for more information, please call
Women in Crisis at (717) 534-
1101 and ask for a Spouse
Abuse Study Question
naire. It will be sent out
immediately with postage
guaranteed for its return.
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Help Available
Dealing With Crime
It is estimated that one in three
American households will be
victimized by crime this year. At
least! There will be
approximately 171,000 rape
victims, 4,700,000 people
assaulted of which 1,300,000
will be seriously injured in the
attack, and nearly 700,000
burglarized homes this year. And
while these facts are awesome,
even more tragically, some 55
people will die each day of the
year as a result of the ultimate
violation-murder.
Answers to the problem of
crime and the suffering it brings
can sometimes be found in social
programs that help deal with
such inequities as poverty and
discrimination, in criminal
rehabilitation and treatment
programs, and in crime
prevention efforts. Until those
efforts arc completely successful,
we must deal with reality. A
reality that indicates only 50% of
all crimes are reported, that only
10% result in arrest, and a mere
fraction of these result in
convictions. We spend at least
$20,000 a year for every prison
inmate - in addition to the cost
of the prison itself. We spend
some $26 billion to administer
criminal justice, of which over
half goes to police agencies,
20% to the judicial process, and
over 20% to corrections
programs. A reality that fails to
address, much less answer, the
central human question after the
criminal act is done: What About
The Victim?
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Innocent victims and witnesses
who survive a criminal violation
arc often treated to callous
neglect and thereafter. Their
losses and injuries have far too
long been left to the victim
themselves to cope with •
without assistance or guidance.
Often their attempts at self-help
are undermined by others who
mean no harm but whose
attitudes and actions compound
the victim’s distress.
Physical injury can range from
minor abrasions to crippling
paralysis to death. Financial loss
can be staggering. Emotional
injuries may be even more
devastating. Injustice may plague
the victim. Fear of retaliation,
lack of information, interest or
advice, court delays and
postponements. Indignities may
compound the sense of injustice.
Isolation from friends, family
and others can perhaps be the
final blow. We cannot prevent
all crime, or eliminate all its
adverse effects, but we can reduce
many of them. Rights of victims
and witnesses to be free from
needless harm is the recognition
of the human right to
compassion, dignity and justice.
Enter the Victim/Witness
Assistance Program of Dauphin
County, a public service project
of the young lawyers section of
the Bar Association. Executive
Director of this agency is Laurie
Reiley. Lisa Henry is the
Volunteer Coordinator. The
agency has been in existence
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