By cutting back on the public use of drugs, police say, they can help prevent a wide variety of crimes, especially in light of the fact that a fair amount of violent crime is alcohol- or drug-related.
Behind Closed Doors
But police struggle with rape statistics.
By its very nature, rape is a private crime. The FBI believes that a significant portion go unreported each year.
The same is true of domestic crimes: Often only one of every three crimes is reported, the FBI believes.
It is a crime with no boundaries. Abusers cover every part of the socioeconomic, racial, religious, sexual orientation and age gamut possible.
Cambridge usually has three incidents a day resulting in a domestic crime report. Since the 1980's, reports of domestic crime have been steadily increasing, up four percent last year.
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