The law goes into effect March 29, 2010.
A Feb. 8 article on BucyrusOnline.com that reported on the new law also provided the following information from the U.S. Department of Justice about dating violence and other forms of relationship abuse:
- About one in three high school students have been or will be involved in an abusive relationship.
- Forty percent of teenage girls ages 14 to 17 say they know someone their age who has been hit or beaten by a boyfriend.
- One study found that 38 percent of date rape victims were young women from 14 to 17 years of age.
- In 1995, 7 percent of all murder victims were young women who were killed by their boyfriends.
Labels: relationships, violence, abuse
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