Walt McClure for Fox 23 reports that new billboards are aiming to raise teen awareness about domestic violence.
You’ll soon be seeing some new billboards aimed at raising teens’ awareness about domestic violence.
The campaign put together by the state Office for the Prevention of Domestic Violence is called Coaching Boys into Men, with the purpose of [...]
Posted on January 22nd, 2008 by Saswat Pattanayak
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Esther Wu writes for Dallas News about abuses among the immigrant communities. She says, there is a high rate number of domestic violence among immigrants, because some immigrant women may feel helpless since they lack communication skills, or their husbands may hold their passports.
Officials say Texas is a major destination for victims of human trafficking.
“Human [...]
Posted on January 20th, 2008 by Saswat Pattanayak
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Rebecca Cathcart writes in NY Times about a new bill that proposes database of domestic violence offenders.
LOS ANGELES — Web sites that promise to give the dirt on prospective dates abound. A guy has a roving eye? Look him up on DontDateHimGirl.com.
But a California lawmaker says the background checks can be far more serious. [...]
Posted on January 18th, 2008 by Saswat Pattanayak
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The National Law Journal updates readers about Adriana Becerril, who has alleged perpetration of domestic violence by her ex-husband the night before she joined a new job. She is being represented by Tuckner, Sipser, Weinstock & Sipser, LLP. The article follows:
Battered workers press for rights to time off: States are passing laws mandating leave; more [...]
Posted on October 8th, 2007 by Saswat Pattanayak
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Two decades ago, on October 1, 1987, the month of October was declared as Domestic Violence Awareness Month through the efforts of the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence. The observation began with creation of the first national toll-free hotline and since then October 1 has been designated as a national Day of Unity.
Following is [...]
Posted on October 1st, 2007 by Saswat Pattanayak
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A professor of Law from Baltimore expresses her opinions regarding the amount of outrage that we should have, but perhaps lack when it comes to athletes who abuse partners.
Where’s outrage for athletes who abuse partners?
By Leigh Goodmark
A National Football League player is accused of cruelty to animals, and the public’s outrage knows no bounds. [...]
Posted on August 8th, 2007 by Saswat Pattanayak
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In NYT today, Radha Iyenger writes that not all is well with the “mandatory arrest” laws when it comes to domestic violence.
The article follows:
The Protection Battered Spouses Don’t Need
By RADHA IYENGAR
TWO decades ago, in an effort to curb domestic violence, states began passing “mandatory arrest†laws. Police officers responding to a call for help [...]
Posted on August 7th, 2007 by Saswat Pattanayak
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Women are still nine times more likely to be killed by an intimate partner. A Johns Hopkins University research report reviews Domestic Violence.
Based on a review of research conducted over the past 10 years, Johns Hopkins School of Nursing researchers and colleagues have determined that the major risk factor for intimate partner homicide, no [...]
Posted on August 6th, 2007 by Saswat Pattanayak
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Blethen Maine News Service reports that the new DV Law distinguishes “domestic violence assault,” “domestic violence criminal threatening,” “domestic violence terrorizing,” “domestic violence stalking,” and “domestic violence reckless conduct” from offenses that are similar but do not occur in a household.
The domestic violence crimes will be categorized as Class D offenses, for which violators may [...]
Posted on August 1st, 2007 by Saswat Pattanayak
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A recent study by an associate professor of the University of Georgia College of Public Health and economist at the national Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found violence costs the United States $70 billion annually, including $64.4 billion from lost productivity and $5.6 billion on medical care. That’s almost as much as the $80 [...]
Posted on June 17th, 2007 by Saswat Pattanayak
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