{"id":731,"date":"2012-01-26T18:22:48","date_gmt":"2012-01-26T22:22:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thesteptoegroup.com\/?p=731"},"modified":"2012-01-26T18:22:48","modified_gmt":"2012-01-26T22:22:48","slug":"army-report-suicides-down-but-violent-crimes-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.thesteptoegroup.com\/?p=731","title":{"rendered":"Army report: suicides down, but violent crimes up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON \u2013\u00a0 A\u00a0 new Army report says the number of suicides among soldiers has been leveling\u00a0 off, but there has been a dramatic jump in domestic violence, sex crimes and\u00a0 other destructive behavior in a force that has been stressed by a decade of\u00a0 war.<\/p>\n<p>Army Vice Chief of Staff Gen. Peter Chiarelli said\u00a0 Tuesday that violent sex crimes and domestic violence have increased more than\u00a0 30 percent since 2006 and child abuse by 43 percent. Chiarelli was releasing\u00a0 a 200-page report on the health of the troops and the Army&#8217;s efforts to address\u00a0 the problem.<\/p>\n<p>It said that 278 soldiers in the active duty, Guard\u00a0 and Reserve committed suicide in the budget year ended in September, compared to\u00a0 304 the previous fiscal year.<\/p>\n<p>Read more: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/2012\/01\/19\/army-report-suicides-down-but-violent-crimes-up\/#ixzz1kbbtHQgi\">http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/2012\/01\/19\/army-report-suicides-down-but-violent-crimes-up\/#ixzz1kbbtHQgi<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"addtoany_share_save_container addtoany_content_bottom\"><div class=\"a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_32 addtoany_list a2a_target\" id=\"wpa2a_1\"><a class=\"a2a_button_facebook\" href=\"http:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/add_to\/facebook?linkurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thesteptoegroup.com%2F%3Fp%3D731&amp;linkname=Army%20report%3A%20suicides%20down%2C%20but%20violent%20crimes%20up\" title=\"Facebook\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><a class=\"a2a_button_twitter\" href=\"http:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/add_to\/twitter?linkurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thesteptoegroup.com%2F%3Fp%3D731&amp;linkname=Army%20report%3A%20suicides%20down%2C%20but%20violent%20crimes%20up\" title=\"Twitter\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><a class=\"a2a_button_google_plus\" href=\"http:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/add_to\/google_plus?linkurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thesteptoegroup.com%2F%3Fp%3D731&amp;linkname=Army%20report%3A%20suicides%20down%2C%20but%20violent%20crimes%20up\" title=\"Google+\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><a class=\"a2a_dd addtoany_share_save\" href=\"http:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share_save\"><\/a>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\nwpa2a.script_load();\n\/\/--><\/script>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON \u2013\u00a0 A\u00a0 new Army report says the number of suicides among soldiers has been leveling\u00a0 off, but there has been a dramatic jump in domestic violence, sex crimes and\u00a0 other destructive behavior in a force that has been stressed by a decade of\u00a0 war. 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