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SC Lede: The human and financial costs of domestic violence

Dr. Joey Von Nessen, a research economist at the University of South Carolina Darla Moore School of Business, discussed his study which found domestic violence costs the state more than $350 million annually. South Carolina ranks eleventh in the nation in the rate of women murdered by men, with a rate of 1.68 per 100,000, according to the most recent edition of the annual Violence Policy Center study.
Gavin Jackson
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Dr. Joey Von Nessen, a research economist at the University of South Carolina Darla Moore School of Business, discussed his study which found domestic violence costs the state more than $350 million annually. South Carolina ranks eleventh in the nation in the rate of women murdered by men, with a rate of 1.68 per 100,000, according to the most recent edition of the annual Violence Policy Center study.

On this edition of the South Carolina Lede for February 22, 2022: new research on the economic impact of domestic violence on South Carolina; the University of South Carolina's Dr. Bobby Donaldson on the Palmetto State's civil rights history; a preview of this week's state legislative action; and more.

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Gavin Jackson graduated with a visual journalism degree from Kent State University in 2008 and has been in the news industry ever since. He has worked at newspapers in Ohio, Louisiana and most recently in South Carolina at the Florence Morning News and Charleston Post and Courier.