| The issue of domestic violence and the absence of a refuge for women who want to escape abusive partners in Sligo was raised. |
| Today, domestic violence makes up a quarter of all reported violent crime, although most goes unreported. |
| Children from families experiencing domestic violence were recruited from battered women's shelters. |
| We had burglaries and robberies and car prowls and thefts and domestic violence cases that to my way of thinking deserved much higher priority. |
| It's about a poor urban Maori community, domestic violence and the triumph of the human spirit. |
| Victims of domestic violence do not necessarily have to go through the police to access the services of concerned agencies. |
