By Jessica Portner Jessica Corral, an education coordinator with Peace Over Violence, a Los Angeles-based advocacy group, stands in front of a rowdy class of teenagers at San Gabriel High School and draws a “Cycle of Violence” on a white board, a circle that represents a sort of relationship weather map.
More often, boys tend to start the violence and use greater force.
The rate of dating violence among 11th graders is nearly 13%, according to a recent survey of California high school students.
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Dear Colleague Letters in support of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) and Family Violence Prevention and Services Act (FVPSA) and Rape Prevention Education (RPE) are now circulating in the Senate and available for Senators to sign onto this week.