Recession-led increase in domestic violence continues

OAKWOOD - Gainesville State College students learned poverty and unemployment are factors in domestic violence during an on campus seminar Tuesday morning to observe October as Domestic Violence Awareness Month.

That poverty brought on by unemployment during the current recession is increasing the level of domestic violence according to Dr. Robin Underwood, a therapist for the Gateway House emergency shelter for women in Gainesville.

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