Should Domestic Violence Victims Go To Prison For Killing Their Abusers?
LadyKathryn Williams-Julien’s first childhood memory is of her father punching her mother in the face. She was 6. Her mother…
TAGS:Almost a Third of Mass Shooting Deaths in 2015 Were Related to Domestic Violence
Thirty-one percent of all mass shooting deaths in 2015 were related to domestic violence incidents, according to a New York…
TAGS:Controlling UK Man Jailed for 28 Months
Mohammed Anwaar, 27, pleaded guilty to coercive and controlling behaviour. Legislation to make this type of behaviour a criminal offence…
TAGS:Advocates Have High Hopes for DV Hotline for Native Women
Rape and domestic violence against Native women have reached “epidemic proportions,” but the hotlines that could help are often unprepared…
TAGS:Domestic Violence Often Omitted from Sentencing Reforms
On March 8, the Iowa House of Representatives passed a bill setting new mandatory minimum sentences in domestic violence cases.…
TAGS:Office on Violence Against Women Announces New Program to Support Tribal Governments
This new program was authorized in the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013 (VAWA 2013) and received its first…
TAGS:School crime rates down in most every category — except sex crimes at colleges
Postsecondary institutions reported a 34 percent decline in crimes between 2001 and 2013, with decreases in every category except forcible…
TAGS:Sexual Assault Ruling in Oklahoma Spurs Calls to Change State Laws
Outraged activists and prosecutors in Oklahoma called for changes to a state law on forced oral sex after a court…
TAGS:Reentry Resources Available
The National Clearinghouse for the Defense of Battered Women has compiled a number of resource listings about survivors as they reenter…
TAGS:At Brigham Young, a Cost in Reporting a Rape
Before she could move into a dormitory at Brigham Young University or sign up for freshman classes, Brooke had to…
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