On the 28th anniversary of the passage of the Violence Against Women Act, the Department of Justice announced $224.9 million in grants to enhance victim services and justice solutions for victims of sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence and stalking.
Browsing: Domestic Violence
One in every 25 people in California has suffered intimate partner abuse, according to the Center on Gender Equity and Health at the University of California San Diego, and 18 percent of Californians are projected to have experienced physical or sexual violence in the past year.
One woman recalled the time a chief inspector told her that “if your father had skelpt your arse, your husband wouldn’t have to do it now.”
Most law enforcement agencies provide little or no training in recognizing red flags or using them to protect victims and their families.
Survivors in Queensland encountered officers reluctant to take further action unless they had other evidence, while others responded with racism and prejudice.
A statewide domestic violence hotline receiving nearly 30,000 calls in 2021 increased 5 percent in 2021—the second annual increase—and the number of murders and shootings involving domestic relations in Chicago increased by nearly two-thirds from 2020,
For years, abusive online comments and videos showing violence against women have flooded China’s cyberspace, with one survivor calling the problem “another pandemic.”
A domestic abuse intervention requiring first-time alleged offenders to attend domestic violence workshops has reduced recidivism over a 12-month period in two UK counties, according to a report from the University of Birmingham.
El Paso District Attorney Yvonne Rosales’ office is far more likely to decline to move forward on domestic violence cases when victims do not wish to press charges against their alleged assailant.
While Florida’s Miami-Dade County has managed to buck nationally rising homicide trends, local authorities have been tackling a spike in domestic-related killings over the past five years that reached new heights in 2021 and shows little signs of slowing.