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Free interactive app identifies key signals of abuse in intimate partner relationships by Amy VanScoter
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It can be very difficult to acknowledge that you or someone who you are close to is experiencing an abusive relationship or domestic violence. Yet domestic violence and abuse statistics in the United States are staggering. More than one in three women have experienced rape, physical violence, and/or stalking by an intimate partner. Nearly half of all women and men in the U.S. have experienced psychological aggression by an intimate partner. If you or a friend is feeling unsafe in a potentially dangerous relationship, there s an app that can help. The RUSafe app aims to reach people before they become a statistic by going where they spend much of their time, on their phones.