In San Juan County in New Mexico the Family Crisis Center has seen a rise in pleas for help according to a news report on KOB.com.

Yes the economy does have an effect on the increase in domestic violence but as I said yesterday the root cause is really one person in the relationship wishing to be in control by force if necessary.

The economy is not the root cause since other factors are usually evident, the economy can cause tenuous relationship to boil over.

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