According to a preliminary report from the Attorney General’s office, the Public Prosecution Service has received 45,829 complaints about domestic violence in the first seven months of this year, showing that despite all of the new measures to try and reduce the incidence of domestic violence, it has not slowed down.
There have been an average of 6,547 complaints each month that represent 32,81% of the 139,701 complaints reported to the 33 Public Prosecution offices through the country from January to July.
In total there were 49 different types of crime committed but domestic violence topped the list. In second place is robbery with 21,137 complaints, third domestic threats with 13,886, fourth violence against women outside of domestic violence with 11,142.
Looking at the figures on complaints of domestic violence by province, the highest was Santiago with 14,719; Puerto Plata with 9,849; Peravia with 5,355; Santo Domingo West with 1,979; San Pedro de Macorís 1,568; María Trinidad Sánchez 1,125 and Monte Cristi 1,168.
The fewest number of cases were in Duarte (San Francisco de Macorís) with 12; Espaillat (Moca) with 15; Hermanas Mirabal with 17; Sánchez Ramírez with 26; La Romana with 35, and San José de Ocoa with 41.
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Listin Diario
9 October 2018
