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Domestic Violence In California:

(California Women’s Health Survey, 1998-99).
In 2002, 153 murders were the result of intimate partner violence in California . (California Department of Justice [DOJ], Criminal Justice Statistics)
In 2002, 128 women in California were killed by their husbands, ex-husbands or boyfriends, and 25 men were killed by their wives, ex-wives or girlfriends. (DOJ, Criminal Justice Statistics Center )
California law enforcement received 196,569 domestic violence calls in 2002 --- 119,850 involved weapons, including firearms and knives. (DOJ, Criminal Justice Statistics Center )
About 916,000 children were exposed to intimate partner violence at home in 1998. (Department of Health Services, California Women’s Health Survey, 1998-99).
Nearly 1 in 5 women who went hungry because they did not have enough money to buy food was also a victim of intimate partner violence (Department of Health Services, California Women’s Health Survey, 1998-99).

Source: California Partnership To End Domestic Violence

California Domestic Violence Laws

Mandates arrest for restraining order violations (Penal Code §836). This law recognizes both the dangerousness of restraining order violations and the casual treatment these violations too often receive from police. California police are now mandated to arrest offenders who violate domestic violence restraining orders. The big gap in this legislation is that there is no equivalent obligation on district attorneys to prosecute these violations cases sent to them by police.
Expands coverage of domestic violence criminal law protections to include former spouses and cohabitants (Penal Code §243(e) and 273.5). Previously only married couples and co-parents of a child were covered under section 273.5 provisions.

Source: Women's Justice Center

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