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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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