Jun 25, 2013 4:45 am Domestic abuse accounts for 14 percent of all violent crime. In light of a high-profile run-in with domestic abuse in the news last week, The Daily Beast sought the stories of its readers relating to this important, often traumatizing topic. Sharefacebooktwittergoogle plusemailprint0 Children who witness domestic violence in the home often believe that they are to blame, live in a constant state of fear and are 15 times more likely to be victims of child abuse. In the following stories, readers remember witnessing violence in their childhood homes. I heard my parents fight. I heard screaming and yelling, usually about money, or some imagined offense by my mother. Then...
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