2.2.1 General Principles

A 2003 study found that legal assistance is the most effective service for reducing domestic violence in the long run.1  Examples of how civil legal assistance can make a difference for survivors appear in the following sections.

• 1Amy Farmer & Jill Tielenthaler, Explaining the Recent Decline in Domestic Violence, 21 Contemp. Econ. Pol’y 158, 159 (2003).