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In Chicago in 1997 there were 33 domestic violence homicides.(Source:Chicago Police Department Annual Report 1997)
50% of all homeless women cited domestic violence as their primary cause for becoming homeless.(Source: Heartland Alliance for Human Rights and Human Needs, Promises Made, Promises Broken, 1990)
Domestic violence is equally present in both heterosexual and homosexual relationships.(Source: Renzetti, CM, Violent Betrayal: Partner Abuse in Lesbian Relationships., 1992)
Nationally, 50% of the victims of violence treated in hospital emergency rooms were hurt by someone they knew. (Source:Assessment of the Current Response to Domestic Violence in Chicago, 1997)
