Governor's Keynote Addresses Early Intervention and Prevention
Helping Put an End to Domestic Violence
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(August 31, 2004) PHOENIX - Governor Janet Napolitano addressed a crowd of 1,200
people today
at the 2004 State Training Conference for Ending Domestic Violence in
Arizona.
During her address, given at the day-long event dedicated to stopping
domestic violence, Governor Napolitano spoke about the problem of domestic
violence in Arizona's communities. "It's too big, it's too pervasive, there
are too many families and too many generations involved," she said. "This
is the number one crime problem in the state of Arizona."
The event was dedicated toward finding solutions and providing training to
those able to help stop domestic violence, with particular focus on reaching
younger boys. By creating ways to effect early intervention with boys and
young men, and by providing accurate information, the generational cycle of
domestic violence can be broken.
Governor Napolitano this year directed the Commission to Prevent Violence
Against Women to develop the State Plan on Domestic and Sexual Violence,
published in June and highlighted in her address. The plan is "a roadmap
for beginning to deal with these problems," she said. "We can't turn off
the tap of domestic violence until we deal with early intervention and early
prevention."
Sponsors of the event at Scottsdale's Kierland Westin Resort and Spa include
the Governor's Division for Women, the Men's Antiviolence Network, Employers
Against Domestic Violence and the Attorney General's Office. For more
details about the State Plan on Domestic and Sexual Violence, visit
http://www.governor.state.az.us/cyf/womens/index_women.html
<http://www.governor.state.az.us/cyf/womens/index_women.html>.
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