Statistically an average of 20,000 phone calls are placed to domestic hotlines nationwide according to the National Coalition against Domestic Violence (NCADV). As an increasing problem in the criminal justice system new laws and policies are being passed to protect victims of domestic violence. In my search for a news article for this assignment, I come across an old article published in the Catholic Diocese of Wichita website in 2013. This article is titled Domestic violence in the may lead to bullying in school. Frequently articles referring to domestic violence tend to focus on the primary victim and overlook secondary victims, for example secondary victims of domestic violence would be children who witnessed the crime. The article mentions
