Domestic Violence in 2020 America

How a pandemic, economic shock, and civil unrest compounded domestic violence risk factors and reduced access to help, especially for women of color

This is a modified excerpt from my MPH capstone for Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. With my advisor, I will be submitting the full paper to an academic journal. However, I don’t just want this work to live in the echo chamber of academia. I’m publishing this here to make this information accessible to all. If you or someone you know is experiencing domestic abuse, please reach out to the National Domestic Violence Hotline.

The statistics are harrowing. More than 10 million people in the US are abused by their partners each year. One in four women will be punched, slapped, burned, kicked, strangled, or otherwise beaten by an intimate partner during her lifetime⁸⁴. In fact, homicide is a leading cause of death for women under 40, and nearly half of these victims are killed by a male intimate partner⁶⁸.

And then came 2020.

Keep reading on my blog: https://www.halletecco.com/blog/domestic-violence-pandemic