Colorado's New Gun Tax Will Fund Services for Domestic Violence Victims
Colorado voters on Tuesday brought to victory a ballot measure that will provide millions of critical dollars to organizations...
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Oct 41 min read
Domestic Violence Underreported 29% To 53% In 20-City Sample
Domestic violence incidents in a sample of 20 cities were an estimated 29% to 53% higher than shown by official counts, says a new report...
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Crime and Justice News
Oct 42 min read
Men Killed 2,410 Women In 2022; Nearly 90% Of Women Knew Killer
More than 2,400 females were killed by males in 2022 and of these, 87.5% knew their killer. Guns were used in 66% of the attacks...
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Crime and Justice News
Sep 191 min read
Despite Law, Domestic-Violence Victims in Subsidized Housing Aren't Swiftly Relocated
People who live in subsidized housing and are domestic-violence victims are supposed to be able to move quickly to safer places,...
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Crime and Justice News
Sep 92 min read
Critics Oppose Family Unification Therapy In Some Custody Cases
From the steps of the Colorado Supreme Court, Rachel Pickrel-Hawkins told a rally last week that, "These women here — and countless women...
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Crime and Justice News
Aug 12 min read
Thousands of Domestic Violence Victims Who Report Abuse Are Scrutinized by Child Welfare
Advocates for families in New York State report that thousands of times a year, parents, typically women, who have been victims of abuse...
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Crime and Justice News
Jul 211 min read
Miss Kansas, An Abuse Victim, To Fight Domestic Violence
A video of Miss Kansas calling out her domestic violence abuser from the stage the night she was crowned is creating support on social...
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Crime and Justice News
May 132 min read
More States Allow Domestic Violence Victims To Break Leases
New Hampshire state Rep. Ellen Read endured the physical and emotional toll of an abusive relationship at the age of 18 in her native...
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Crime and Justice News
Apr 172 min read
Women Face Child Custody Loss After Calling Police For Domestic Disturbances
Exposing children to domestic violence commonly leads to abuse and neglect charges and can result in loss of custody, experts say. But in...
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Crime and Justice News
Apr 152 min read
O.J Simpson Trial 'Brought Private Violence Into Public View'
In December 1994, investigators from the Los Angeles County prosecutor’s office drilled open a safe deposit box that had belonged to...
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Crime and Justice News
Feb 61 min read
Court Stalls Illinois Resentencing of Domestic-Violence Survivors
A November court ruling may significantly reduce the number of women who can benefit from a new Illinois law, designed to release some...
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Crime and Justice News
Dec 29, 20232 min read
Michigan Domestic Violence Care Providers See Rise in Strangulations
Strangulation is widely regarded by advocates and law enforcement as one of the most lethal forms of domestic violence, and it is on the...
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Crime and Justice News
Dec 24, 20232 min read
Domestic Violence Rising Amid Homicide Decline In Chicago
Chicago is ending 2023 with a double-digit decline in both shootings and homicides, but a small subset of Chicago’s shootings — those...
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Crime and Justice News
Dec 19, 20232 min read
Majors Convicted In Domestic Violence Case; Marvel Drops Him
Actor Jonathan Majors, once a promising and fast-rising Hollywood star, was found guilty on two out of four charges in a domestic...
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Crime and Justice News
Dec 7, 20232 min read
How Lethality Assessments Can Help Prevent Domestic Violence
Intimate partner violence and domestic violence killings are a serious public health problem, according to the federal Centers for...
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Crime and Justice News
Nov 30, 20232 min read
Combatting The Global Issue of Gender-Based Violence
Deemed the “shadow pandemic” by the United Nations, domestic violence cases spiked during COVID-19 in various countries. The problem has...
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Crime and Justice News
Nov 29, 20232 min read
Obit: Holly Maguigan, Expert in Battered Women’s Self-Defense
Holly Maguigan, a law professor and criminal-defense lawyer who revolutionized the legal tools available to women who defend themselves...
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Crime and Justice News
Nov 1, 20232 min read
Half of Alaskan Women Have Experienced Domestic Violence
Nearly half of women in Alaska have experienced domestic violence in their lifetimes, found a University of Alaska Anchorage survey, News...
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Crime and Justice News
Oct 24, 20231 min read
Nevada Man Convicted Of Arson Linked to Domestic Violence
Matthew Kimmens, a 44-year-old Reno, Nev., man, was found guilty on five counts of arson that caused $1.7 million in damages police say...
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Crime and Justice News
Oct 23, 20232 min read
Bank Robber-Turned-Law Prof Hopwood Faces Violence Charges
Shon Hopwood, a convicted bank robber who turned his life around and reached the upper echelons of the legal profession, is again facing...
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