PRINTER'S NO. 4180

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE RESOLUTION

No. 401 Session of 1992

        INTRODUCED BY JOSEPHS, NOVEMBER 17, 1992

        REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON RULES, NOVEMBER 17, 1992

                                  A RESOLUTION

     1  Proclaiming the month of October as "Domestic Violence Awareness
     2     Month."

     3     WHEREAS, Domestic violence is the most common crime in
     4  America today, affecting 3 million to 4 million women a year;
     5  and
     6     WHEREAS, According to FBI statistics, a woman is beaten every
     7  18 seconds; and
     8     WHEREAS, Battering is the single major cause of injury to
     9  women, exceeding rape, mugging and automobile accidents; and
    10     WHEREAS, Women are seven times more likely than husbands to
    11  murder in self-defense but are less likely to be acquitted; and
    12     WHEREAS, Family violence is also a vicious cycle; and
    13     WHEREAS, Sixty percent of batterers grew up in violent homes
    14  and half of all wife-beating cases also involve abuse of
    15  children; and
    16     WHEREAS, Domestic violence cuts across all economic,
    17  educational, racial and religious lines; and

     1     WHEREAS, While public awareness of the problem of domestic
     2  violence has increased in recent years, domestic violence
     3  remains a serious threat to the stability of our society;
     4  therefore be it
     5     RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives designate the
     6  month of October as "Domestic Violence Awareness Month."
















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