Project Woman, Springfield coalition raise domestic violence awareness
The SDVC report said the number of domestic violence victims, both with and without injuries, in Clark County has decreased since 2016.
That year, records showed 1,940 incidents, 524 with injuries and 1,416 without injuries. In 2023, the report listed 453 victims, 122 with injuries and 331 without injuries. The only year from 2016 to 2023 that incidents increased was 2022, amid COVID, when cases increased by 611.
The data is problematic, however.
Donahue said in 2020 and 2021, no data on domestic violence injuries was reported to the AG’s office by the Clark County Sheriff’s Office, and in 2022 and 2023, the Springfield Police Division submitted some, not all, report data, “which meant that SPD accounted for 98% of all reported domestic violence injuries to the AG’s office in that time period.”
Because of the incomplete or missing incident report data, Donahue said the community misses crucial details about domestic violence incidents and community leaders cannot make informed decisions. She said the SDVC is attempting to explain the context surrounding the data collection and interpret it more accurately.
Donahue said the findings “highlight the importance of the work we are doing at SDVC.” Members hope this report will lead to better practices in identifying domestic violence incidents, abuse incident rates and identifying increases or decreases in domestic violence injury trends in the community.
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