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Tougher domestic violence sentences sought
Vancouver :: Canada | 43 minutes ago
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The man held a broken bottle to his girlfriend's neck and threatened to kill her. When she managed to break away, he chased her out of the house with scissors. Police eventually arrested the boyfriend, who was charged with assault. But last week, when...
Tags: domestic violence, Camara Banfield, Rob McKenna, violence cases, Mike Davis, domestic abuse, tougher sentencing, Vancouver, violence prosecute, vancouver police, Canada, Family therapy, Violence, Probation, James A. Murphy III, Criminal law, Violence against women, Law Crime, Social Issues
Push to criminalise parental abductions
Singapore :: Singapore | about 3 hours ago
Credibility About 150 children are taken overseas without permission each year, and the association says it is a form of child abuse. It says the number of children affected is alarming and the law reformers have written to the Federal Attorney-General, asking him...
Tags: child abuse, child abducted, Mr Thompson, Australia, family law, Singapore, Domestic violence, Child abduction, Human rights abuses, Kidnapping, Contact, Child safety, Abuse, Law Crime
Police invest in anti-violence day (NZPA)
Wellington :: New Zealand | about 7 hours ago
Credibility Police around the country are gearing up to promote White Ribbon Day -- an international campaign to eliminate violence against women. Auckland police have recruited members of the Warriors rugby league team to help distribute white ribbons and the anti-violence...
Tags: white ribbon, family violence, New Zealand, Wellington, Domestic violence, Violence against women, Violence
Communities must stand up to elder abuse - Carter (NZPA)
Auckland :: New Zealand | about 8 hours ago
Credibility Communities need to stand up to elder neglect and abuse, Minister for Senior Citizens John Carter told the Breaking the Silence Hui today. "We need to be told clearly and strongly when behaviour is Not OK," he told the northern Hawke's Bay meeting, hosted...
Tags: Mr Carter, elder abuse, New Zealand, Auckland, Elder law, Gerontology, Care of residents, Child abuse, Domestic violence, Abuse, Psychological abuse
Domestic violence: 9 in 10 dodge jail
Glasgow :: United Kingdom | about 9 hours ago
Credibility Of the 5,029 convicted of domestic violence crimes between April 2007 and March 2008, just 579 were given custodial sentences by Scottish courts...Conservative MSP Bill Aitken, who received the figures in response to a parliamentary question, said: "Something...
Tags: domestic violence, Scotland, domestic abuse, scottish government, United Kingdom, Glasgow, Rape, Criminology, Incidence of domestic violence, Sexual assault, Sex crimes, Violence against women, Violence, Law Crime, Social Issues, Politics
Battered Men - The Hidden Side of Domestic Violence
Battered Men - The Hidden Side of Domestic Violence Battered Men in Washington Domestic Violence Against Men 25,473 Washington Men a YearAccording to National Violence Against...
Tags: battered men, domestic violence
Aid to murder victims' families approved
Addis Ababa :: Ethiopia | about 24 hours ago
Credibility Ceremony for International Day for Elimination of Violence against Women last year Photo: Yael Zur Cabinet approves plan to grant aid to citizens affected by criminal activity. Ahead of International Day for Elimination of Violence against Women, internal...
Tags: Ethiopia, Addis Ababa, Violence, Violence against women, Domestic violence, Family therapy, Social Issues, Domestic violence in Brazil, Campaign Against Domestic Violence
Hot line reports increase in 'financial abuse' against women
Jerusalem :: Israel | 1 day ago
Credibility As the global economic crisis deepened in the first half of this year, the National Hotline for Battered Women and Children at Risk cited on Sunday a sharp increase in the number of women reporting domestic financial abuse and violence. Releasing annual...
Tags: Israel, Jerusalem, Violence against women, Women's International Zionist Organization, Abuse, Domestic violence, Family therapy, Violence, Social Issues, The Shelter, Social Security, Women's shelter
Star Watch: Jeremiah Williams' story
Berlin :: Germany | 1 day ago
Credibility Jeremiah Williams came into this world a child of poverty, surrounded by drugs, violence and despair. His teenage father was shot to death six months before he was born. His young mother scraped by on public assistance while struggling with an abusive...
Tags: Jeremiah Williams, Deneen Williams, Arthur Sample III, DCS, Joshua Germany, Barbara Sample, Samples, domestic violence, IMPD, Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department, Germany, Berlin, Jeremiah
Abuse survivors bear 'witness'
London :: KY :: USA | 1 day ago
Credibility The door bears the phrase "Home Sweet Home" on a red heart; behind it are three rooms. In the top room, Jill is a puppet with strings on her arms and a sign in her hands that says "courage," because that, and a guardian angel, are what sustained her during...
Tags: Jill M., LeTonia Jones, Jack, abuse survivors, London, Jack and Jill, Jack Shephard, Domestic violence, Lexington Kentucky, Hair, Violence against women, Violence, Sex crimes
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