Domestic Violence-There's No Excuse

Natchez Police Department

233 D'Evereaux Drive, Natchez, Ms 39120

Telephone: 601-445-5565 Fax: 601-442-3487

Domestic Violence

There's No Excuse

Here at the Natchez Police Department, we take Domestic Violence serious. Mississippi's Domestic Violence Law requires that law enforcement officers shall make an arrest if signs of physical injury or signs of a disturbance are present. The relationship between the two parties involved can be husband/wife, brother or sister combination, father/son, boyfriend/girlfriend etc.... As long as they have lived together in the past or have a child together

If you believe you are a victim of Domestic Violence please contact your police department or the local Women's Battered Shelter. Domestic Violence is a vicious cycle that only worsens over time. It is time to break the cycle- There's no excuse for Domestic Violence

National Domestic Violence Hotline

1-800-799-SAFE (7233)

1-800-787-3224 (TDD)

The National Domestic Violence Hotline is staffed 24 hours a day by trained counselors who can provide crisis assistance and information about shelters, legal advocacy, health care centers, and counseling. There is also a toll-free number for the hearing-impaired, 1-800-787-3224.

Mississippi Coalition Against Domestic Violence

P.O. Box 4703, Jackson, MS 39296-4703

TOLL-FREE: 800-898-3234

Phone: 601-981-9196, FAX: 601-981-2501

1-800-799-7233
(After Hours)

A 1988 study by the National Women Abuse Prevention Project found that physical abuse of women resulted in more injuries to women than rape, muggings and automobile accidents combined.

A 1992 national survey by the Family Violence Prevention Fund found that 13% of women surveyed had been physically attacked by their partner.

According to the FBI, domestic violence claims the lives of four women each day.

Research estimates that over 2 million women each year are assaulted by their husbands or boyfriend (National Crime Survey 1978-1982)

Approximately 39% of assaults on wives were serious (Straus and Gelles 1986)

More than 50% of American couples have experienced one or more incidents of assault and battery during the course of their marriage (Field and Straus 1989)

32% of battered women will be re-victimized within a relatively short period of time (6 months) (Langan and Innes 1986)

Spouse abuse accounts for more injuries to women than automobile accidents, muggings, and rapes combined (Stark and Flitcraft 1988)