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Domestic Violence - What Happened?
The domestic violence counsil is run by l a county's public health department. It works to connect people who experience domestic violence with services that can help them. So what did eve che d see during the pandemic shut down in los angeles county? There was not a significant increase in the amount of domestic violence. There was an increase calls to service provider hot lines. In other words, a similar pattern to what amalia miller measured in the police data. I think it's a bit of a false narrative about the increase in domestic violence. What we have seen is an increase in severity. When you are in dangerous domestic violence relationship, whether there is a lock down or there is