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On this edition.dating violence on college campuses. It may be happening more than you think. We'll talk with a New Hampshire author of a new international survey. The numbers just might surprise you. |
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And we'll meet some women training to be advocates for victims of assault. |
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But first, as promised, Governor Benson vetoed the state budget that the House and Senate passed on Tuesday. Richard Ager was at the statehouse and is here to tell us about the day's events. |
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It was - unusual to put it mildly. This is first veto in more than two decades - and it had much of the ceremony of a major bill signing. He's vetoing it because, he says, it creates a $200 million deficit. Let's take a look at what the Governor had to say. |
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10:06:34 Sometime doing what's right isn't the easiest thing to do. Sometimes it's easier to just go along with the status quo - but that's not why the people of NH sent us here. They sent us here to fix this problem. Don't pass this deficit on to our children, don't put us on a path for an income tax which is exactly what this budget will do to the state of NH, and I for one can't wait to take this and do something that needs to happen. 10:07;03 |
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10:14:05 What the governor really seems to forget is that people come in on a volunteer basis. The state is self-insured. I'm curious how he's going to work out workman's comp issues should there be an injury. He is putting the state in an incredibly jeapordized position. 10:19:12 Conservatives don't cut services to people who are in need. Conservatives spend fiscally prudent - and they don't just throw money away. What we did in the Senate was take care of the elderly, the handicapped, the sick. and we did it with state money. The governor wants to cut all those funds and send all of those problems down to the local communities to add to the local tax base. |
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Dating violence happens on college campuses - that's a given. But what may surprise some - is the percentage of students who admit to physically and sexually abusing their partners. A new survey of 31 universities in 16 countries reveals that this type of crime occurs in "every major world region." I had a chance to sit down with the author of the study - Doctor Murray Straus - of the U-N-H Family Research Laboratory - to ask him about his findings. |
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ONE OF THE MOST FUNDAMENTAL CONCLUSIONS IS THAT PHYSICAL VIOLENCE AGAINST DATING PARTNERS OCCURS EVERYWHERE AROUND THE WORLD, AT LEAST EVERYWHERE THAT WE'VE STUDIED, WHICH IS 16 COUNTRIES-- ASIA, EUROPE, LATIN AMERICA, NORTH AMERICA, AUSTRALIA, AND NEW ZEALAND. THERE ISN'T ANY ONE. THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENCE IN THE RATES, BUT IT OCCURS EVERYWHERE. AND EVEN AT THE UNIVERSITIES WITH THE LOWEST RATES, IT'S STILL ABOUT CLOSE TO 20%. ONE OUT OF FIVE STUDENTS REPORTED HAVING CARRIED OUT SOME PHYSICALLY VIOLENT ACT AGAINST A DATING PARTNER IN THE PAST YEAR. Allison: NOW, WHAT WAS INTERESTING WITH YOUR STUDY IS YOU ACTUALLY ASKED RESPONDENTS TO SAY WHETHER THEY HAD DONE THIS OR NOT, WHEREAS SOMETIMES I'M SURE IT'S BEEN ASKED, "HAS ANYONE EVER PHYSICALLY ASSAULTED YOU IN A DATING RELATIONSHIP?" YES. WE GOT. THIS WAS FOCUSED ON PERPETRATION. IT'S PARALLEL. I MEAN, THERE'S GOT TO BE TWO PEOPLE INVOLVED. BUT I WAS PARTICULARLY INTERESTED IN PERPETRATION OF THIS PARTICULAR CRIME; WHICH IS INCIDENTALLY A CRIME THAT MOST PEOPLE DON'T THINK OF AS A CRIME. THEY THINK OF IT AS BAD, WRONG, HORRIBLE, "I'LL NEVER TALK TO THAT SON OF A BITCH AGAIN," BUT NOT AS A CRIME WITH A CAPITAL "C," WHICH THE SAME ACT THEY WOULD CONSIDER A CRIME IF IT OCCURRED IN THEIR OFFICE OR IN SOME OTHER PLACE WHERE THEY WORK. BUT THERE ARE IMPLICIT CULTURAL RULES WHICH TOLERATE THIS SORT OF THING IN THE FAMILY AND MAKE US THINK OF IT AS. WELL, AS I PUT IT A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO, THE MARRIAGE LICENSE IS A KIND OF HITTING LICENSE, PROVIDED YOU DON'T EXCEED THE SPEED LIMIT. THEN YOUR LICENSE GETS REVOKED. THE SPEED LIMIT, GENERALLY, IS. IT VARIES FROM PERSON TO PERSON, BUT GENERALLY THE UNIVERSALLY ACCEPTED ONE IS YOU DON'T HIT ANYONE HARD ENOUGH THAT THEY NEED MEDICAL ATTENTION. Allison: AND YOU DIFFERENTIATED THAT IN THE STUDY. WHEN YOU LOOKED AT PHYSICAL ASSAULT, ONE AREA YOU SEPARATED WAS PUSHING, SHOVING, KICKING. MAYBE KICKING WASN'T IN THERE. IT MIGHT HAVE JUST BEEN PUSHING AND SHOVING. WELL, THAT'S RIGHT. WE DIFFERENTIATED BETWEEN WHAT I CALL MINOR OR LESS SEVERE VIOLENCE, AND SEVERE VIOLENCE. I THINK OF THE MINOR VIOLENCE AS AN IMPORTANT PROBLEM, TOO, BUT JUST TO HAVE A TERM MINOR AND SEVERE. THE MINOR WAS PUSHING, SHOVING, SLAPPING, AND THROWING THINGS AT A PARTNER. AND THAT'S WHAT TWO-THIRDS OF THESE VIOLENT ACTS ARE. THEY'RE THESE MINOR THINGS THAT HAVE A LOW RISK OF INJURY. THEN I'VE ALSO GOTTEN AND PRESENTED DATA ON MORE SEVERE ATTACKS, ATTACKS WITH A HIGHER PROBABILITY OF CAUSING INJURY, LIKE PUNCHING, KICKING, BURNING SOMEONE WITH A CIGARETTE, ATTACK AND USE OF WEAPONS. AND THAT'S. THOSE RATES ARE ONE-THIRD OF THE TOTAL, WHICH STILL MAKES THEM A LOT. FOR EXAMPLE, THE MEDIAN UNIVERSITY, 10% OF THE STUDENTS CARRIED OUT A SEVERE ASSAULT, WHAT LEGALLY IN OUR COUNTRY WOULD BE CALLED AN AGGRAVATED ASSAULT, A FELONY-LEVEL CRIME. Allison: AND WHEN YOU SAY MEDIAN UNIVERSITY, JUST EXPLAIN TO FOLKS WHAT. WHAT IS THE MEDIAN UNIVERSITY? WELL, IF YOU PUT THESE 31 UNIVERSITIES IN RANK ORDER ACCORDING TO HOW MUCH VIOLENCE BETWEEN. BY STUDENTS AGAINST A DATING PARTNER, THEN THE MIDDLE, THE MEDIAN ONE IS THE MIDDLE IN THE RANK ORDER LIST. Allison: OKAY. SO IT'S SORT OF A WAY OF SAYING WHAT, ON AVERAGE, WAS TRUE. Allison: SO OVERALL, DATING COUPLES. VIOLENCE OCCURS IN. YOU SAID. IS IT TWO OUT OF FIVE OR ONE OUT OF FIVE? I'M SORRY. DATING VIOLENCE OCCURS IN ABOUT. WELL, AT THE MEDIAN UNIVERSITY, 29%, ABOUT A. ALMOST A THIRD, ALMOST ONE OUT OF THREE. BUT MOST OF THAT IS WHAT I CALL MINOR VIOLENCE, WHICH I CONSIDER PRETTY SERIOUS, BUT NEVERTHELESS MINOR VIOLENCE. AND THEN 10%, ONE-THIRD OF THAT, WAS SEVERE ATTACKS ON A PARTNER. Allison: NOW, IS THERE ANY FINDING AS FAR AS WHETHER MINOR PHYSICAL ASSAULT OR. WILL ESCALATE TO SERIOUS OR SEVERE, OR DO WE NOT KNOW THAT? WELL, EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE SOME DATA ON IT, THE USUAL PATTERN, CONTRARY TO WHAT EVERYONE THINKS, IS FOR IT TO DECREASE RATHER THAN ESCALATE. BUT WE ALSO KNOW THAT THERE ARE A SUBSTANTIAL NUMBER OF CASES WHERE IT ESCALATES, EVEN THOUGH THAT ISN'T TYPICAL. AND I. IT'S THE SAME. WELL, IT USUALLY DECREASES AND IN MANY CASES STOPS AS THE PERSON GETS OLDER. Allison: WHY? WHY WOULD THAT BE? NO ONE KNOWS FOR SURE. BUT IT'S. THIS IS TRUE OF ALL CRIMES. THEY DECREASE, JUST ABOUT ALL CRIMES. MAYBE NOT EMBEZZLING MONEY FROM ENRON, BUT. BUT SO-CALLED STREET CRIMES DECREASE WITH AGE. AND ONE OF THE REASONS IS THAT PEOPLE HAVE BETTER CONTROL OF THEIR BEHAVIOR WHEN THEY GROW OLDER. THE OLDER YOU GET, ON AVERAGE, PEOPLE HAVE BETTER CONTROL. A LITTLE CHILD KNOWS RIGHT AND WRONG PRETTY WELL, BUT MORE OFTEN DOES THE WRONG THING THAN AN OLDER CHILD, THAN A YOUNG ADULT, AND. AND THEN WITH MIDDLE AGE EVEN LESS. THAT DOESN'T MEAN ALL MIDDLE AGED PEOPLE ARE LAW-ABIDING, BUT THE RATE OF CRIME, INCLUDING THIS CRIME OF HITTING A PARTNER, GO DOWN, AND ESPECIALLY VIOLENT CRIMES. THE PEAK AGE FOR MURDERS, FOR EXAMPLE, IS ABOUT 20, 21. AND IT DECLINES RAPIDLY FROM THERE ON. AND IT'S THE SAME THING WITH HITTING A DATING PARTNER OR A MARITAL PARTNER. BUT THEN, WHAT ABOUT THE MINORITY WHERE IT INCREASES? WHAT COULD BE THE REASON FOR THAT? WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION, AND ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS IS DOES THE PARTNER ALSO DO IT? HITTING BACK IS A PRESCRIPTION FOR DISASTER. THAT DOESN'T MEAN YOU SHOULD TAKE IT AND SAY NOTHING. YOU SHOULD JUST GET THE HELL OUT OF THERE. BUT HITTING BACK IS, AS I SAID, A PRESCRIPTION FOR DISASTER. IT'S THE THING THAT IS MOST LIKELY, MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE, TO LEAD TO AN ESCALATION SUBSEQUENTLY. IT'S NO DIFFERENT THAN WARS BETWEEN NATIONS. Allison: I'M CURIOUS TO KNOW, YOU ALSO LOOKED AT ATTITUDES OF COLLEGE STUDENTS AT THESE UNIVERSITIES, HOW THEY FELT ABOUT A HUSBAND HITTING A WIFE, SEXUAL COERCION. YES. Allison: TELL ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THOSE FINDINGS. WELL, WE FOUND AMAZINGLY HIGH RATES, NOT ONLY OF ACTUALLY ASSAULTING A PARTNER, BUT BELIEVING THAT THERE ARE SITUATIONS WHEN IT WOULD BE. WHEN THEY WOULD APPROVE OF IT. WE ASKED THEM, "CAN YOU THINK OF ANY SITUATION IN WHICH YOU WOULD APPROVE OF A HUSBAND SLAPPING HIS WIFE AND THEN APPROVE OF A WIFE SLAPPING HER HUSBAND?" AND THE RATE FOR APPROVING A HUSBAND SLAPPING HIS WIFE AT THE MEDIAN UNIVERSITY-- THIS IS BEST. SORT OF THE AVERAGE-- IS 42% OF THE STUDENTS COULD THINK OF SUCH A SITUATION. USUALLY IT'S SOMETHING LIKE SEXUAL INFIDELITY. Allison: DID THAT SURPRISE YOU, THAT NUMBER? THAT HIGH, IT DID. IT DID. Allison: YOU ALSO ASKED, AS FAR AS ATTITUDES GO, ABOUT A PARENT HITTING A TEENAGER. DID THESE COLLEGE STUDENTS THAT YOU INTERVIEWED OR HAD TAKE THE SURVEY SAY THAT IT WAS OKAY, NOT OKAY? WHAT'D YOU FIND OUT? TYPICALLY ABOUT 70% SAID IT WAS OKAY, WHICH IS THE SAME PERCENTAGE THAT SAID THAT IT'S OKAY FOR PARENTS TO SPANK OR HIT A YOUNG CHILD. Allison: DID YOU FIND ANY CORRELATION BETWEEN THOSE PEOPLE THAT SAID IT WAS OKAY TO THOSE WHO WERE BEING VIOLENT IN A RELATIONSHIP? THE MORE PEOPLE APPROVE OF CORPORAL PUNISHMENT OF A CHILD OR A TEENAGER, THE MORE LIKELY THEY ARE TO HIT THEIR DATING PARTNER, AND IN MARRIAGE, FROM MY OTHER RESEARCH, THE MORE LIKELY THEY ARE TO HIT THEIR HUSBAND OR WIFE. AND IT'S THE SAME PRINCIPLE, THE PRINCIPLE THAT THEY LEARNED AT HOME: IF YOU'RE MISBEHAVING AND PERSISTENT IN THIS BEHAVIOR, NOT LISTENING TO REASON, THEN IT'S MORALLY RIGHT FOR PARENTS TO SPANK, TO DO IT. WELL, THAT'S THE SCENARIO FOR MOST PARTNER VIOLENCE, THAT THE PARTNER IS DOING SOMETHING THAT YOU FIND SERIOUS AND OBJECTIONABLE, AND THEY "WON'T LISTEN TO REASON," SO A CERTAIN PROPORTION FOLLOW THE EXAMPLE THAT THEY LEARNED IN CHILDHOOD, AND HIT THEIR PARTNER. Allison: YOU ALSO LOOKED AT SEXUAL COERCION AND WHAT PEOPLE FELT AS FAR AS A PARTNER COERCING THE OTHER PERSON TO HAVE SEX. AND WHAT DID YOU FIND OUT THERE? WELL, AS IN THE CASE OF PHYSICAL ASSAULTS, SEXUAL COERCION I DIVIDED UP INTO THREE GROUPS: INTO THE MINOR, THE GENERAL, AND THEN USE OF THREATS, AND USE OF PHYSICAL FORCE, WHICH WOULD BE A RAPE. AND FOR THE. FOR THE MINOR, IT'S ONE-QUARTER AT THE TYPICAL UNIVERSITY. ONE-QUARTER OF THE STUDENTS COERCE SEX. THAT'S MOSTLY. MOST OF THAT IS INSISTING ON SEX WHEN THE PARTNER DIDN'T WANT TO DO IT. BUT THEN MORE SEVERE COERCION USING. THREATENING, "DO THIS OR ELSE," THAT WAS 2%. AND ACTUALLY PHYSICALLY FORCING SEX WAS ALSO ABOUT 2%. SO THERE'S. IF YOU TAKE THE LATTER AS RAPE RATES, A 2% RAPE RATE WOULD PUSH IT OFF THE. NOT WOULD, DOES PUSH IT OFF THE CHARTS OF THE F.B.I. CRIME STATISTICS. THIS IS SEVERAL TIMES GREATER THAN THE NUMBER OF. THAN THE RATE OF RAPES KNOWN TO THE POLICE. THIS IS NOT BIG NEWS ON ANY COLLEGE CAMPUS. THERE IS A LOT OF DATE RAPE. Allison: OKAY, SO YOU DID ASK ACTUAL SITUATIONS WHERE THAT OCCURRED. BUT DIDN'T YOU ALSO ASK WHETHER PEOPLE THOUGHT "MAYBE SHE ASKED FOR IT," OR, YOU KNOW, THEIR ATTITUDES. WHETHER IT WOULD BE OKAY TO DO THAT? WHAT'D YOU FIND OUT? AS IN THE CASE OF PHYSICAL VIOLENCE, WE FOUND LOTS OF CULTURAL SUPPORT, AS MEASURED BY THE PERCENT OF STUDENTS AT EACH OF THESE UNIVERSITIES WHO HAVE THESE VIEWS. FOR EXAMPLE, "IS IT SOMETIMES OKAY FOR A HUSBAND TO FORCE WIFE TO HAVE SEX IF SHE DOESN'T WANT TO?" AND 20%, ONE OUT OF FIVE, AT THE TYPICAL UNIVERSITY SAID IN THEIR EYES, SOMETIMES IT'S OKAY TO DO THAT. Allison: DID THAT SURPRISE YOU AT ALL? YES. I EXPECTED THAT TO BE QUITE A BIT LOWER. THESE ARE RATES TYPICALLY FOUND IN SURVEYS IN UNDERDEVELOPED COUNTRIES, IN PLACES LIKE AFGHANISTAN. BUT A SMALL COLLEGE IN PENNSYLVANIA, TO TAKE AN EXAMPLE, HAS THE SAME RATE AS YOU FIND IN COUNTRIES LIKE THAT. Allison: WHAT IS IT YOU HOPE IS GLEANED FROM THE STUDY? WHAT IS IT YOU HOPE PEOPLE LEARN? WELL, ONE OF THE THINGS IS I HOPE THAT UNIVERSITIES, EACH UNIVERSITY, WHEN THEY SEE THESE STATISTICS FOR THEIR UNIVERSITY, ARE GALVANIZED INTO MORE STEPS TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. THINGS ARE BEING DONE AT SOME UNIVERSITIES, BUT MOSTLY IT'S BEING IGNORED, ESPECIALLY OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES. SO THAT'S ONE THING I HOPE. ANOTHER IS THAT IT IS. ONCE WE PROCEED WITH. THESE ARE JUST THE INITIAL DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS. WE'RE GOING TO USE THIS TO TEST IDEAS ABOUT WHY THIS OCCURS. AND ONCE WE HAVE BETTER INFORMATION ON THAT, THAT WILL HOPEFULLY PROVIDE INFORMATION ON HOW TO AVOID IT. Allison: WHEN YOU SAY HOPEFULLY IT WILL GET UNIVERSITIES TO RECOGNIZE THIS AND TAKE SOME ACTION, ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT EDUCATION? ARE YOU TALKING. I MEAN, WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE? WELL, EDUCATION IS CERTAINLY ONE OF THEM, BUT. ONE OF THE STEPS. BUT ALSO EDUCATION IN A DIFFERENT SENSE THAN TALKS AND POSTERS AND ADVERTISEMENTS. EDUCATION IN THE SENSE OF PEER INFLUENCE AND PEER. THERE'S A LOT OF PEER SUPPORT FOR THIS; MOST OF IT IN THE FORM OF JUST ACCEPTING IT. BUT SOMETIMES AS IN THE CASE OF STUDIES OF FORCED SEX IN FRATERNITIES ENCOURAGING IT, SO THERE HAS TO BE A CHANGE IN THE CULTURAL NORMS ABOUT IT. SO THAT THE INFORMAL CONTROLS COME INTO PLAY. |
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Dr. Straus says the survey also asked students if they had experienced neglect growing up. He says that that as well as other information will be released in the future. You can find more details of the international dating violence study by going to the UNH Family Research Laboratory at unh - dot- edu- forward slash F - R - L. |
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One out of every four women in America is sexually assaulted in their lifetime. The numbers are equally astounding for men, elders and children. There are forteen sexual assault crisis centers in New Hampshire; each with their own team of trained advocates to provide guidance for victims and their families. Advocates for SASS, Sexual Assault Support Services of Portsmouth, have recently gone through their training. Celene Ramadan has the story. |
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SASS SCRIPT: Alison - So, I'd like to welcome everyone back to SASS advocate training. KELLY At first, when we first started training, it was very hard because we were talking about difficult issues and we didn't know each other. But just through being around each other and especially the first weekend when it was 3 days in a row all day long. You become more comfortable. KELLY IS TRAINING TO BE A SEXUAL ASSAULT ADVOCATE FOR SASS. ADVOCATES WORK TO PROVIDE SUPPORT AND INFORMATION TO SURVIVORS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT AND THEIR FAMILIES THROUGH A 24-CRISIS HOTLINE. DIANE The first time I took a crisis call, it was around midnight. You sort of wake yourself up, your pager's gone off and you go into the room that you've got set up to take your calls in and you get prepared to make the call knowing that the emotional needs of the caller are in your hands. Kelly - Well, I think the biggest thing we've learned is to just kind of support them. We're there to listen to them and help them get the information that they need rather then to try to tell them what to do. I think that's the biggest thing that we've learned. Just to sit back and listen to them and understand that people have different needs when they call. LIZ A lot of the time I talk on the hotline a lot of the people are not the actual survivors themselves, I've talked to husbands, I've talked to boyfriends and sisters and brothers and fathers and just kind of the scope of the number of people who are impacted when there is an assault is huge. And there's all these people who think that they can't access services and they don't deserve support because they're not the survivors and that is so not true. They're going through just as much of a trauma than the actual person is and sometimes more so because they're dealing with their own feelings and also trying to be strong and support the person. LEARNING HOW TO TAP INTO THE NEEDS OF A CALLER TAKES PRACTICE. THAT'S WHY THE TRAINING INCLUDES CRISIS CALL ROLEPLAYING. Play clip of role playing. I learned a lot of technique from my classmates - which is great. I'd be like "Wow, I can't believe you handled it that way. I wouldn't have thought to say that or I wouldn't have thought to do that" - so, in that way, the role-play was invaluable. ASIDE FROM GIVING INFORMATION AND COACHING OVER THE PHONE, SASS ADVOCATES ALSO OFFER OTHER SERVICES TO CALLERS - INCLUDING ACCOMPANIMENT TO THE POLICE STATION OR THE EMERGENCY ROOM. LIZ It can be a really long difficult thing to go through - so we have advocates there who are able to kind of sit with people. I mean, most of the time - I'm emotional support but really what that ends up looking like is sitting there telling jokes with someone running around and taking care of the mother's son because she didn't have childcare Running out and finding a pack of cigarettes for someone because she needed one. Things like that. NURSE We're going to have Jennifer be our victim…pretend she's got a Johnny on and we're going to ask her to sit up here…and we just talk all the way through - we talk a lot. NURSES AT FRISBEE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL IN ROCHESTER TAKE THE TRAINEES THROUGH A STEP-BY-STEP EXAMINATION OF A SEXUAL ASSAULT SURVIVOR. More nat sound. KELLY Well we went over the basic examination that people would go through who came to the emergency room. And I think the biggest thing is that way, we're comfortable with it before we get there - rather than having the first time we are exposed to that be the first time that the survivor is. A LARGE PART OF THE TRAINING IS EDUCATING THE TRAINEES ABOUT THE REALITIES OF SEXUAL ASSAULT. DIANE I was absolutely astounded by the statistics. Just the huge numbers of women that are assaulted and men, and women and boys. The huge numbers that go unreported. Liz - It kind of goes through your head, it could have been me. So that just is really reaffirming for the work that I do because if one in every three women is sexually assaulted at some point in their life - I'm very fortunate that I have haven't been sexually assaulted but if I was I'd really want someone there to kind of support me and help me through the process. UPON BECOMING AN ADVOCATE, THE TIME COMMITMENT IS MINIMAL - JUST THREE SHIFTS PER MONTH. THIS ENABLES PEOPLE WITH BUSY SCHEDULES TO GIVE BACK TO THEIR COMMUNITY. LIZ What really surprised me is that anyone can be an advocate - You don't have to be super smart you just have to be open and willing to learn and want to help people it's not as big a commitment as a lot of people think. You know, a lot of people when I tell them what I do as an advocate they say, wow that must be so tough, and there are some tough things, but I've had just as many if not more positive and empowering experiences for me working with the people that I do than not. KELLY Well, I just feel like people should give back when they can and everybody's got a different capacity of what they can do and what they can't do. And I feel that this is something that I can do. And that I can make a difference and help people when they are in need. And to me that's important that's something that I should do because I can do it. |
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NEW HAMPSHIRE OUTLOOK Air Date/Time: 6/26/03 22:00 HOST: Allison McNair Length: 5:00 minutes In this edition of New Hampshire Outlook, NHPTV's nightly news magazine, in this program, dating violence on college campuses. It may be happening more than you think. We'll talk with a New Hampshire author of a new international survey. The numbers just might surprise you. And we'll meet some women training to be advocates for victims of assault. But first, as promised, Governor Benson vetoed the state budget that the House and Senate passed on Tuesday. Richard Ager was at the statehouse and is here to tell us about the day's events. PRODUCER/REPORTER: Richard Ager NAME OF PARTICIPANTS: Craig Benson\NH Governor, Rep. Dan Eaton\D - District 24, Sen. Robert Clegg\R - District 14 |
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NEW HAMPSHIRE OUTLOOK Air Date/Time: 6/26/03 22:00 HOST: Allison McNair Length: 20:00 minutes In this edition of New Hampshire Outlook, NHPTV's nightly news magazine, in this program, dating violence on college campuses. It may be happening more than you think. We'll talk with a New Hampshire author of a new international survey. The numbers just might surprise you. And we'll meet some women training to be advocates for victims of assault. Dating violence happens on college campuses - that's a given. But what may surprise some - is the percentage of students who admit to physically and sexually abusing their partners. A new survey of 31 universities in 16 countries reveals that this type of crime occurs in "every major world region." I had a chance to sit down with the author of the study - Doctor Murray Straus - of the U-N-H Family Research Laboratory - to ask him about his findings. One out of every four women in America is sexually assaulted in their lifetime. The numbers are equally astounding for men, elders and children. There are forteen sexual assault crisis centers in New Hampshire; each with their own team of trained advocates to provide guidance for victims and their families. Advocates for SASS, Sexual Assault Support Services of Portsmouth, have recently gone through their training. Celene Ramadan has the story. PRODUCER/REPORTER: Richard Ager NAME OF PARTICIPANTS: Dr. Murray Straus\Fndr,Co-Dir, UNH Family Research Lab, Kelly\SASS Trainee, Diane\SASS Advocate, Liz \SASS Advocate |
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NEW HAMPSHIRE OUTLOOK Air Date/Time: 6/26/03 22:00 HOST: Allison McNair Length: 20:00 minutes In this edition of New Hampshire Outlook, NHPTV's nightly news magazine, in this program, dating violence on college campuses. It may be happening more than you think. We'll talk with a New Hampshire author of a new international survey. The numbers just might surprise you. And we'll meet some women training to be advocates for victims of assault. Dating violence happens on college campuses - that's a given. But what may surprise some - is the percentage of students who admit to physically and sexually abusing their partners. A new survey of 31 universities in 16 countries reveals that this type of crime occurs in "every major world region." I had a chance to sit down with the author of the study - Doctor Murray Straus - of the U-N-H Family Research Laboratory - to ask him about his findings. One out of every four women in America is sexually assaulted in their lifetime. The numbers are equally astounding for men, elders and children. There are forteen sexual assault crisis centers in New Hampshire; each with their own team of trained advocates to provide guidance for victims and their families. Advocates for SASS, Sexual Assault Support Services of Portsmouth, have recently gone through their training. Celene Ramadan has the story. PRODUCER/REPORTER: Richard Ager NAME OF PARTICIPANTS: Dr. Murray Straus\Fndr,Co-Dir, UNH Family Research Lab, Kelly\SASS Trainee, Diane\SASS Advocate, Liz \SASS Advocate |
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NEW HAMPSHIRE OUTLOOK Air Date/Time: 6/26/03 22:00 HOST: Allison McNair Length: 20:00 minutes In this edition of New Hampshire Outlook, NHPTV's nightly news magazine, in this program, dating violence on college campuses. It may be happening more than you think. We'll talk with a New Hampshire author of a new international survey. The numbers just might surprise you. And we'll meet some women training to be advocates for victims of assault. Dating violence happens on college campuses - that's a given. But what may surprise some - is the percentage of students who admit to physically and sexually abusing their partners. A new survey of 31 universities in 16 countries reveals that this type of crime occurs in "every major world region." I had a chance to sit down with the author of the study - Doctor Murray Straus - of the U-N-H Family Research Laboratory - to ask him about his findings. One out of every four women in America is sexually assaulted in their lifetime. The numbers are equally astounding for men, elders and children. There are forteen sexual assault crisis centers in New Hampshire; each with their own team of trained advocates to provide guidance for victims and their families. Advocates for SASS, Sexual Assault Support Services of Portsmouth, have recently gone through their training. Celene Ramadan has the story. PRODUCER/REPORTER: Richard Ager NAME OF PARTICIPANTS: Dr. Murray Straus\Fndr,Co-Dir, UNH Family Research Lab, Kelly\SASS Trainee, Diane\SASS Advocate, Liz \SASS Advocate |
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NEW HAMPSHIRE OUTLOOK Air Date/Time: 6/26/03 22:00 HOST: Allison McNair Length: 20:00 minutes In this edition of New Hampshire Outlook, NHPTV's nightly news magazine, in this program, dating violence on college campuses. It may be happening more than you think. We'll talk with a New Hampshire author of a new international survey. The numbers just might surprise you. And we'll meet some women training to be advocates for victims of assault. Dating violence happens on college campuses - that's a given. But what may surprise some - is the percentage of students who admit to physically and sexually abusing their partners. A new survey of 31 universities in 16 countries reveals that this type of crime occurs in "every major world region." I had a chance to sit down with the author of the study - Doctor Murray Straus - of the U-N-H Family Research Laboratory - to ask him about his findings. One out of every four women in America is sexually assaulted in their lifetime. The numbers are equally astounding for men, elders and children. There are forteen sexual assault crisis centers in New Hampshire; each with their own team of trained advocates to provide guidance for victims and their families. Advocates for SASS, Sexual Assault Support Services of Portsmouth, have recently gone through their training. Celene Ramadan has the story. PRODUCER/REPORTER: Richard Ager NAME OF PARTICIPANTS: Dr. Murray Straus\Fndr,Co-Dir, UNH Family Research Lab, Kelly\SASS Trainee, Diane\SASS Advocate, Liz \SASS Advocate |
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