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Are Utah victims being left behind by a 50-year-old understanding of domestic violence?

The traditional “cycle of violence” taught to police “makes it seem like all abuse is the same, but it can look dramatically different for every couple,” said one Utah expert and survivor.

(Utah Department of Public Safety; Christopher Cherrington | The Salt Lake Tribune) The fictional Carla ad Jake are characters in a training video for Utah police cadets, used to help explain the longtime concept of a “cycle of violence” between intimate partners in abusive relationships.

By By Eric S. Peterson and K. Sophie Will | The Utah Investigative Journalism Project