(RECAP: According to the state Attorney General Office’s annual report on domestic violence, a total of 3,486 families who requested shelter services in 2012 were turned away, more than double the 1,437 families turned away in 2008. According to that same report, shelter programs provided emergency shelter to 3,788 adults and 2,804 children in 2012, an increase from 2,940 adults and 2,323 children in 2008. For those operating shelters, they say an unfortunate consequence of the increasing number of victims looking to escape a violent situation by turning to a shelter is that not all of them can have a spot.)