Making the Case for Domestic Violence Prevention; Using Statistics (Data) to Make Your Case

Manual: Making the Cost Benefit Case for Domestic Violence Prevention

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Making the Case for Domestic Violence Prevention Through the Lens of Cost-Benefit

A Manual for Domestic Violence Prevention Practitioners
(and the State and Local Policy-Makers They Present to)

Using Statistics (Data) to Make Your Case

An ongoing supply of national- and local-level information about the causes, characteristics and consequences of violence is essential to building a comprehensive understanding of the problem and for designing, developing and monitoring effective solutions… The search for solutions to violence against women has been hampered by a lack of reliable data on the causes, magnitude, and consequences of violence against them.

Milestones of a Global Campaign for Violence Prevention 2005,
World Health Organization, pp. 6-7.