家庭暴力特别是对妇女的家庭暴力不是一个时髦的词汇 ,而是不分种族、阶级和文化界线 ,长久以来就存在的一个普遍的社会问题 ,世界各国概莫能外。在我国 ,仅据 1 999年 ,2 9个省、自治区、直辖市妇联上半年和下半年的来信来访统计 ,涉及家庭暴力的为 8862件 /次和 2 0 1 48件 / Domestic violence, especially domestic violence against women, is not a fashionable term, but a universal social issue that has existed for so long, regardless of race, class and cultural boundaries, that all countries in the world can not afford to be violent. In our country, only statistics on the number of letters from the first half and the second half of 1999 in 29 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government show that there are 8862 cases of domestic violence and 2,018 cases /