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Domestic Abuse Inside the U.S. Military

Number 24647
Subject Military
Source CBS News
State NY
Year 2009
Publication Date 01/28/2009; 01/29/2009
Summary Domestic violence acts in the Army have been “steadily rising over the last decade, despite Army reports to the contrary”. Many Army spouses’ slain as a result of the domestic violence and many involving soldiers who saw action in Iraq. Also, a level of violence was soaring around some of the largest Army installations “through examination of police records and court filings”.
Category Contest Entry
Pages 12
Keywords Congressional; Pentagon; weapons; FOIA; Fort Hood; Army Rangers; families; abuse; bureaucracy; advocates; mental health
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