UWS Holds Panel Discussion on Domestic Violence

Panelists speak out on the issue to help erase domestic violence.

Speakers at a UWS forum on domestic violence stressed the importance of speaking out on the issue in their community, it the family and to counselors.

Domestic violence can begin as early as the dating stages of a relationship.

Statistics show a growing number of violence on college campuses and UWS said that they are not immune from it.

The school is hoping that the discussion will help initiate social change.

“This is about showing that domestic violence doesn’t know gender. It doesn’t know race. It doesn’t know anything other than that it needs to stop,” said moederator Jaramy Hansen.

Domestic violence is a complex social problem that happens all across the globe.

Panelists said that the issue requires more than just jail time for offenders but an entire rehabilitation process.

“When everybody’s working together and everybody understands the problem the same way, there’s a lot less places for him to slip through and there’s a lot less places for her to fall through,” said Scott Miller of the Domestic Abuse Intervention Project.

Advocates were on hand to offer support and information on where to go if someone is abused.

The Superior Police Department reported that they received 602 domestic violence calls last year.

Some of the models that have been created to treat abusers in the Twin Ports have been used across the world.