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Houston's Wife-Beaters Avoid Prosecution by Leavingnew

Mundane details of procedural policy and staff shortages translate to an officially sanctioned negligence that forces women in danger to beg police for help, but delivers nothing if their assailant isn't around when police show up. Sometimes these women escape to safety on their own ... sometimes they die.
The Texas Observer |
Emily DePrang |
03-10-2008 |
The War on Women
Tags: women's issues