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I have made several substantive changes here that you will need to check, JP. Point #4 is for Nate.
I have made several substantive changes here that you will need to check, JP. Point #4 is for Nate.


1. '''Re the police responding to a 911 call about family violence''':
1. '''Re calling police if you have suffered abuse: I have taken the liberty of included reference to two LSS resources here. See what you think. (They could go down in the Resources and links but they look more prominent here.)
The text suggested that the abuser would be taken into custody "in all likelihood" . . .  I changed the text to say police may arrest, may take into custody. See what you think. The same goes for describing what happens to the accused.


2. '''Re groups like Battered Women's Support Services''' - these days the go-to is VictimLink - I added a paragraph about that - standard VictimLink language.
2. '''Re groups like Battered Women's Support Services''' - these days the go-to is VictimLink - I added a paragraph about that - standard VictimLink language.


3. '''In terms of a "safe house'''" I have referred to developing a safety plan as well as to the possibility of leaving the home and going to a safe place. (A safety plan acknowledges that many women don't leave the first, second or third time . . .)
3. '''In terms of a "safe house'''" I have referred to developing a safety plan as well as to the possibility of leaving the home and going to a safe place. (Safety plans are big these days.)


4. '''In terms of resources''', I took out the Dial-a-Law Dating Violence script (this section isn't about dating) and added the LSS family law website stuff on child protection (I think you get a much bigger bang for your buck having this resource in there). But the text does not seem to be fitting inside the text box - you can see the problem in View. (Hunted about to try to solve this but could not.)
4. '''In terms of resources''', I took out the Dial-a-Law Dating Violence script (this section isn't about dating) and added the LSS family law website stuff on child protection (I think you get a much bigger bang for your buck having this resource in there). But the text does not seem to be fitting inside the text box - you can see the problem in View. (Hunted about to try to solve this but could not.)


5. This is quite outside the realm of copy editing, but I found it a bit odd that a chapter on Family Violence would start off with a discussion of tort law. . .  If I was doing a substantive edit, I would move up the call the police, call VictimLink to be the lead items, and move on from there.
5. This is quite outside the realm of copy editing, but I found it a bit odd that a chapter on Family Violence would start off with a discussion of tort law. . .  If I was doing a substantive edit, I would move up the call the police, call VictimLink to be the lead items, and move on from there.
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