The phone rings. It's 10:42 p.m. on a Sunday in Santo Domingo. On the other end of the line, a woman's ragged breathing is abruptly cut short as she tries to call for help. Similar scenes have been repeated for the past five years, with state emergency call centers receiving a domestic violence call every 10 minutes, on average. Behind this is not an isolated incident, but a persistent pattern that official statistics themselves attempt to quant…
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The phone rings. It's 10:42 p.m. on a Sunday in Santo Domingo. On the other end of the line, a woman's ragged breathing is abruptly cut short as she tries to call for help. Similar scenes have been repeated for the past five years, with state emergency call centers receiving a domestic violence call every 10 minutes, on average. Behind this is not an isolated incident, but a persistent pattern that official statistics themselves attempt to quant…