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Since 1976, the women of
NELCWIT have been working to build safety, justice, and dignity for all.
Serving Franklin County and the North Quabbin region of western
Massachusetts, we offer counseling, safe homes, advocacy, and education to
women and children who have survived domestic violence or sexual abuse, and
prevention education for area schools, professionals, and other groups.
We are now 33 years old! Since 1976, our programs have helped over
13,000 women!
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479 Main Street, Greenfield
Monday-Friday 9-2
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413-772-0871
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DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND THE ECONOMY:
A potentially lethal mix
Mary R. Lauby of Jane Doe Inc. and Sue Else of
the National Network to End Domestic Violence wrote on November 25,
2008:
It’s not that a bad economy – or the
joblessness, homelessness, poverty and stress it creates – causes
domestic violence. If the cause and effect were that simple,
solutions would be easy.
The complex reality is that economic
stresses often lead to more frequent abuse, more violent abuse and
more dangerous abuse when domestic violence already exists. Domestic
violence programs report that victims experience an increase in
abuse in part because out-of-work abusers have more opportunity to
batter. Rhode Island, for example, has recently seen a 25% increase
in felony-level domestic violence crimes. Victims end up with fewer
resources and opportunity to contact programs for help, to attend
support groups or to get away from the batterer.
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