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FILE - In this Oct. 23 2019, file photo, a woman paints some signs before pasting them on buildings in the streets of Paris. As families across the country and the globe hunker down at home, there's another danger, also insidious if less immediately obvious, that worries advocates and officials: A potential spike in domestic violence. (AP Photo/Kamil Zihnioglu, File)

FILE - In this Oct. 23 2019, file photo, a woman paints some signs before pasting them on buildings in the streets of Paris. As families across the country and the globe hunker down at home, there's another danger, also insidious if less immediately obvious, that worries advocates and officials: A potential spike in domestic violence. (AP Photo/Kamil Zihnioglu, File)

March 24, 2020

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With isolation, abuse activists fear an 'explosive cocktail'
March 24, 2020 3:51 p.m.

With isolation, abuse activists fear an 'explosive cocktail'

“Safer at Home.” It's a slogan of choice for the mandatory confinement measures aimed at curbing the spread of the coronavirus. But it's not true for everyone.