Look carefully at these photos of these Virginia students. They kind of look like that young man that lives down the street or your granddaughter in Idaho, don’t they? Yes, these kids or young adults don’t look like what you might believe is a sterotype of a batterer and a victim of brutal domestic violence that turned into murder…. but [...]
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From our friends at Peace and Safety in the Christian Home
PASCH Newsletter Summer 2010
Symposium: Domestic Violence and the Health Care System
Article
BATTERED WOMEN AND THEIR CHILDREN: LESSONS FROM ONE WOMAN’S STORY
Kathleen Waits
Table of Contents
Introduction
Mary’s Story
Background and Methodology
Mary’s Story
Lessons from Mary’s Story
Support Counts: You Can Make a Difference in the Victim’s Life
Lawyers and Other Professionals Matter
Attitudes Need to Change More than the Law
Process Counts
Do With the Battered [...]
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October is Domestic Violence Abuse Awareness Month. From our friends at Peace and Safety in the Christian Home (PASCH) a great newsletter.
Sneek preview (who said the following):
“I’m no social scientist, and I don’t
pretend to believe what John Q.
Citizen thinks about this, but I’ve
lived in prison for a long time now,
and I’ve met a lot of [...]
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Another day, another horrid story of abuse. I, for one do not believe that this was “out of character” or that this was the first incidence of rage and anger. It’s time to do something about this kind of criminal behavior. Judges, attorneys, religious leaders - what more will it take?
12 Reasons Why Couples Counseling is Not Recommended When Domestic Violence is Present
By Dr. Chris Huffine
1. Focusing on the relationship assumes that each person contributes to the abusive behavior, when in truth the perpetrator is solely responsible for his abusive behavior.
2. Focusing on issues other than the abusive [...]
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ABA SUPPORTS THE NATIONAL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE VOLUNTEER ATTORNEY NETWORK ACT
Printable version
S. 1515
H.R. 6088
ABA Letter of Support of S. 1515
Others’ Letter of Support of S. 1515
Domestic violence is a well-documented epidemic in America. Nearly one in three women will be a victim of domestic violence in her lifetime. Without a doubt, it permeates every aspect [...]
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Lis Wiehl from Fox News Chanel
Scott Peterson, Mark Hacking, Neil Entwistle — their names have become synonymous with the word “monster.” These cases of domestic violence captured front page headlines, and they also captured our attention, as if we had a personal stake in the cases. We did — and still do.
When you think about [...]
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