CALDWELL — After Canyon County Commissioner Leslie Van Beek read a proclamation declaring October as National Domestic Violence Awareness Month at a Tuesday press conference in Justice Park, Sheriff Kieran Donahue offered sobering statistics on the issue. “Just in 2022 and 2023, Canyon County had over 2,090 reported offenses of intimate partner violence,” Donahue said. In that same time frame, there were 11,791 intimate partner violence cases in all of Idaho, according to the Idaho Uniform Crime Reporting Program.
Domestic violence, of which intimate partner violence is one common form, can take the shape of physical or sexual aggression, as well as psychological and financial abuse or stalking. “This isn’t that big of a county. It’s not that big of a state,” the sheriff said.
“[Domestic violence] is one of the most prevalent crimes in our society. Unfortunately, however, it’s one of the most underreported crimes in our society.” Canyon County Sheriff Kieran Donahue is joined by members of the Board of Canyon County Commissioners as he delivers remarks during a press conference at Justice Park in downtown Caldwell recognizing October as Domestic Violence Awareness Month, Tuesday, Oct.
1, 2024. One in four women and one in seven men will be a victim of intimate partner violence in their lifetime, according to the U.S.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, while Bureau of Justice Statistics data indicates that three women and one man in the United Stat.