Domestic Violence

Contact your local domestic violence shelter and ask to speak to someone who works as a counselor or in a counseling role (most of the employees at these shelters are volunteers). Ask him or her to describe the services that the shelter provides, as well as the typical outcome for women who come to this shelter

. Do many return to their husbands, or do they stay separated?

How many of them have children, and how does this affect a woman’s decision to leave an abuser?