Domestic Violence

Women's Crisis Center / Violence Prevention Institute
www.thewomenscrisiscenter.org/

303-688-1094

24-hour shelter and crisis line: 303-699-8484

Other than traffic offenses, the number one crime in Douglas County is domestic violence. The following information about domestic violence has been provided by the The Women's Crisis Center

• Domestic Violence is the number one violent crime in Douglas County.
• 14 of 17 homicides in the past 10 years have a factual basis of domestic violence.
• Through a variety of services and programs, the Women’s Crisis and Family Outreach Center reaches approximately 10,000 people a year.
• The average adult client at the Center is 37 years old, has two children and makes less than $10,000 a year.
• Although we usually associate domestic violence with physical violence, the impact of emotional, verbal, spiritual and sexual violence is significant on a victim. The invisible scars of domestic violence are deep.
• A child’s response to witnessing their mother being abused is the same as if they were abused themselves.
• The average shelter stay at the WCFOC is 21 days.
• Approximately 75% of shelter clients do not return to their violence partner once they leave our shelter.