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Mission Statement:
The mission statement is “to increase victim safety, increase perpetrator accountability and decrease the incidents of family violence within the Rome Judicial Circuit.” We were created under OCGA §19-13-31 (http://www.lexis-nexis.com/hottopics/gacode/default.asp).
Who we are:
The Rome/Floyd County Domestic Violence Task Force re-convened by order of Judge Robert G. Walther on April 30, 2003. The Task Force meets regularly since then each month on the 4th Thursday of each month at the LEC at 12:15 p.m. Our current members/agencies include: County/City Law Enforcement, Sheriff’s Office, Hospitality House, Compassion Program, Juvenile Court, District Attorney’s Office/Victim Witness Assistance Program, Health Department/Teen Plus, Department of Family and Children's Services, Sexual Assault Center, Court Appointed Special Advocate, and local Pastoral staff.
What we do:
Members of the task force are available for speaking engagements. If any group wishes to have the committee speak to a civic group or other group contact
Horace Stewart at 706.295.0101.
Mailing Address:
POB 2541,
Rome
,
GA
30162
For more information, please view our quarterly newsletters.
January 2007 Newsletter
April 2007 Newsletter
July 2007 Newsletter
October 2007 Newsletter
January 2008 Newsletter
April 2008 Newsletter
If you or someone you know are experiencing domestic violence in your life there is help available in
Rome
and
Floyd
County
. Hospitality House for Women, Inc. is a non-profit domestic violence shelter located in
Rome
. Hospitality House offers shelter and services to victims of domestic violence and their children. There are no fees for any of the services provided by the agency. For more information, call (706) 235-4608 or email hosphse@comcast.net . For more information on resources available in the State of
Georgia
visit www.gcadv.org.
For more information on domestic violence, please contact the Sexual Assult Center - click on Resources at the site.
About Domestic Violence
Domestic violence can be defined as a pattern of abusive behavior in
any relationship that is used by one partner to gain or maintain
power and control over another intimate partner.
Domestic violence can be physical, sexual, emotional, economic, or
psychological actions or threats of actions that influence another
person. This includes any behaviors that intimidate, manipulate,
humiliate, isolate, frighten, terrorize, coerce, threaten, blame,
hurt, injure, or wound someone.
Physical Abuse: Hitting, slapping, shoving, grabbing, pinching,
biting, hair-pulling, biting, etc. Physical abuse also includes
denying a partner medical care or forcing alcohol and/or drug use.
Sexual Abuse: Coercing or attempting to coerce any sexual contact
or behavior without consent. Sexual abuse includes, but is
certainly not limited to marital rape, attacks on sexual parts of
the body, forcing sex after physical violence has occurred, or
treating one in a sexually demeaning manner.
Emotional Abuse: Undermining an individual's sense of self-worth
and/or self-esteem. This may include, but is not limited to
constant criticism, diminishing one's abilities, name-calling, or
damaging one's relationship with his or her children.
Economic Abuse: Making or attempting to make an individual
financially dependent by maintaining total control over financial
resources, withholding one's access to money, or forbidding one's
attendance at school or employment.
Psychological Abuse: Causing fear by intimidation; threatening
physical harm to self, partner, children, or partner's family or
friends; destruction of pets and property; and forcing isolation
from family, friends, or school and/or work.
Domestic violence can happen to anyone regardless of race, age,
sexual orientation, religion, or gender. Domestic violence affects
people of all socioeconomic backgrounds and education levels.
Domestic violence occurs in both opposite-sex and same-sex
relationships and can happen to intimate partners who are married,
living together, or dating.
Domestic violence not only affects those who are abused, but also
has a substantial effect on family members, friends, co-workers,
other witnesses, and the community at large. Children, who grow up
witnessing domestic violence, are among those seriously affected by
this crime. Frequent exposure to violence in the home not only
predisposes children to numerous social and physical problems, but
also teaches them that violence is a normal way of life - therefore,
increasing their risk of becoming society's next generation of
victims and abusers.
Sources: National Domestic Violence Hotline, National Center for
Victims of Crime, and WomensLaw.org.
Text courtesy of http://www.usdoj.gov/ovw/domviolence.htm.
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