Raising awareness about domestic assault

8 of 10 assaults are committed by someone who knows the victim.

People tested positive for covi?19 in april is sexual assault awareness month, but during this time of social quarantining and sta?a?

Home orders, many victims can feel hopeless.

The "rape abuse and incest national network" reports 8 out of 10 assaults are committed by someone the victim knows.

Olmsted county attorney mark ostrem believes the stay at home orders could make people feel more "when we think about us again being in a closed environment, a close environment, one could suspect that maybe there is a heightened sense of vulnerability."

Ostrem says there has been an uptick in domestic assault incidents.

Just within the last couple of