NY Domestic Violence Murders Jumped 10% In 2010; More Kids Killed

Domestic violence murders jumped 10% in New York last year – and it’s kids who are increasingly getting caught in the crosshairs.
A new report by the state Criminal Justice Services division determined 37 minors were killed in domestic violence incidents in the Empire State last year, up from 17 in 2009.
And the jump appears to [...]

Domestic Violence Slayings Plagued Orange County And Orlando PD In 2010

Christobal Escontrias suffered repeated abuse from his fiancé until one day last month when she stabbed him to death.
Jaliyah Rivera was only 4 months old when she died — thrown so hard that her tiny skull was badly fractured and bits of bone were missing.
Berlitz Alvelo survived a hammer blow to her head, stab wounds [...]

Significance Of Self Defense

Significance Of ?Self Defence?
‘Prevention’ is the major motto of self defense. In self defence one should always trying to protect themselves from the possible attacks. According to the crime statistics report of FBI, there happened a violent crime in every 22 seconds, 24 hours a day in U.S. it self. Around 93,934 rapes, more than [...]

Recognizing Signs Of Domestic Violence In Co-Workers And Reaching Out To Victims

Many women suffer the consequences of domestic violence and are at a loss as to what to do or where to go. They often hide signs of domestic abuse from friends, family, and co-workers, and their situation worsens due to fear and embarrassment. Domestic abuse isn’t limited to the home and can often cross over [...]

Partner Abuse Leads To Wide Range Of Health Problems, Study Finds

Women abused by intimate partners suffer higher rates of a wide variety of doctor-diagnosed medical maladies compared to women who were never abused, according to a new study of more than 3,000 women.
Many of these health problems are not commonly understood as being associated with violence, such as abdominal pain, chest pain, headaches, acid reflux, [...]

Domestic Violence Victims Have Higher Health Costs for Years After Abuse Ends

Victims of domestic violence endure significantly higher health costs than other women for three years after the abuse ends, a new study finds.
Abuse victims had health care costs that averaged more than $1,200 above non-abused women for the first two years after the abuse ended and about $400 above others in the third year.
“Women may [...]

Ending The Cycle of Domestic Abuse

Women bring diversity to the world and, more importantly, life. They feel, they love, they nurture, and they provide for the people they love most.
Unfortunately, every day they are raped, abused and killed, mostly by their intimate partners.
According to the U.S. Department of Peace, 1.5 million women are raped each year. There are 5.3 million [...]

Abusing the Abuse Act

By Dorothy K. Phillips
Can brother and sister business partners who do not reside in the same home, and who have no relationship outside of work, seek Protection From Abuse orders against each other?
An en banc panel of the Superior Court has inexplicably answered “yes” in Custer v. Cochran, PICS Case No. 07-1501 (Pa. Super. [...]

Teen Dating Violence

Dating among the teens from its cover looks like a different world where violence ceases to exist. But shockingly, one in every five teens is experiencing either physical or sexual abuse from their dating partners who try to control and overpower them. According to statistics one in every 11 adolescent experiences the abusive blues. And [...]

Domestic Violence Against Women as a Workplace Concern

Domestic violence against women would seem to be a private family problem, but it spills out into the workplace making it an economic problem as well.  Millions of women are verbally, physically, and sexually abused all over the world leading to countless injuries and sometimes even death.  This unfortunate and devastating personal problem has several [...]

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