In July, Stop Abusive and Violent Environments (S.A.V.E.), an organization dedicated to the reform of domestic violence laws, released the results of a survey designed to gauge public support for recent proposals to reform the Violence Against Woman Act. Here are the results:
Overall findings:
Stop waste and fraud – 69.5%
Stop discrimination – 65.9%
Stop false allegations – 63.5%
The survey shows strong support for reform among key voting blocs including women and young people. One notable finding: About 7 in 10 persons who are a victim of domestic violence or who personally know an abuse victim support the proposed changes.
Survey methods and detailed findings can be found here.
“Even though we have begun the process of reform, America has a long way to go before true victims of domestic violence get priority and damaging false allegations come to an end,” says SAVE spokesman Philip W. Cook. “No one knows this better than the victims of domestic violence themselves.”
The results of this survey show without a doubt that those in who are in control of not only public policy regarding Domestic and Intimate Partner Violence, but over the entire public discourse of the issue are out of touch.
The results of this survey compliment the results of a similar survey conducted by S.A.V.E in which over one in ten respondents reported being falsely accused of some sort of abuse.
Sources:
http://www.saveservices.org/campaign-2012/national-survey-on-vawa-reform/
http://www.avoiceformen.com/mens-rights/activism/s-a-v-e-report-on-false-allegation-survey/
