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Podcast: A Quest for Well-Being
Episode: Domestic Violence: A Quest For Change — A Call For Freedom
Description: — Domestic violence is not a new issue in the military, nor is it a small issue. According to a December 2019 report to Congress titled, "Military Families and Intimate Partner Violence: Background and Issues for Congress," there were 16,912 reported incidents in Fiscal Year 2018, and "there has been little change in the rate or number of reported incidents … since FY2009." In fact, there has been little change in more than twenty years, as there were more than 18,000 reports annually as far back as 2001. And these are just the reported incidents. The Bureau of Justice Statistics found that law enforcement is notified in o...