Claim(permalink)
"Since the passage of (the Violence Against Women Act), annual rates of domestic violence have dropped by 63 percent."
✓politifact rating: uncertain; published on 2019-02-22
Factors
veracity
uncertain
Political Leaning
left political leaning
Sentiment
neutral sentiment
Date published
2019-02-22
Entities
MarsLeigh CenturionsCriminologyRutgers UniversityFact-checkingPolitiFactViolence Against Women ActHomicideGovernment shutdowns in the United StatesMarylandDomestic violenceUnited States Department of JusticeDelawareDemocracyFox Broadcasting CompanyFake newsJoe BidenIntimate partner violenceGwen MooreEmma SmithNortheastern UniversityCorrelation does not imply causation