How can a community's attitude toward spousal abuse and their willingness to become involved in ending family violence provide needed support for battered women? When local government, the police, social and church agencies, prosecutors and lawyers in any given community decide that abuse and family violence is a greater threat than they can ignore and make a concerted effort to end it, the results can be astonishing. An excellent tool for any group attempting to build support mechanisms for battered women.

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