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Domestic abuse hotlines report surge in calls, heightened needs

Credit user mconnors / morgueFile Operators of domestic abuse hotlines across the state say more women are calling them in crisis, as pandemic stress has led to more violence at home. Eric Stiles, a program director with the Michigan Coalition to End Domestic and Sexual Violence, says they’ve documented an increase in survivors of abuse who have called their statewide hotline in 2021, compared to last year. Stiles says operators also spent more time on the phone with women. He says many of the callers are in more vulnerable situations because they lost their job or car during the pandemic. “That puts more of a strain on how does a person make the decision to either leave a domestic violence situation or to seek out resources for their victimization of sexual violence,” he says.

Domestic abuse hotlines reports surge in calls, heightened needs

MORGUEFILE Operators of domestic abuse hotlines across the state say more women are calling them in crisis, as pandemic stress has led to more violence at home. Eric Stiles, a program director with the non-profit Michigan Coalition to End Domestic and Sexual Violence, says they’ve documented an increase in survivors of abuse who have called their state-wide hotline in 2021, compared to last year. Stiles says operators also spent more time on the phone with women. He says many of the callers are in more vulnerable situations because they lost their job or car during the pandemic. “That puts more of a strain on how does a person make the decision to either leave a domestic violence situation or to seek out resources for their victimization of sexual violence,” he says.

Alpena County s sex assault rate exceeds state — which may or may not be a good thing | News, Sports, Jobs

jriddle@thealpenanews.com Alpena County either excels at supporting sexual assault survivors or has a serious sex crime problem. Over the past five years, Alpena County police received more than 300 reports of sexual assaults including rape, unwanted sexual touching, and other forced sex acts making sex assaults the most prevalent violent crime in our area, according to Michigan State Police data. The data also suggests we might have more of a problem than other communities: The assaults reported here over the last five years work out to 1,102 assaults per 100,000 residents, double the statewide rate (Alpena County’s per-capita rate shows more assaults than actually reported because we have fewer than 100,000 residents).

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