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Broken homes: The Economy and domestic violence
Beaverton :: OR :: USA | 2 minutes ago
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In just two days last week, two families in Washington County were ripped apart by the ultimate form of domestic violence. In Tualatin, 39-year-old Robert James Beiser shot and killed his estranged wife, 36-year-old Teresa Marie Beiser and injured two...
Tags: Katherine van Wormer, Sarah Keefe, Sarah H. Keefe, Washington County, resources center, violence resources, suicides cases, United States, Beaverton, Violence, Murder-suicide, Violence against women, Domestic violence, Family therapy, Social Issues, Law Crime
White Ribbon against Violence
Auckland :: New Zealand | about 3 hours ago
Credibility Services works with thousands of people every year who are learning to change their behaviour. “We challenge those who may be using intimidation or violence to have the courage to seek help by contacting Relationship Services. We know Stopping Violence...
Tags: New Zealand, Auckland, Family therapy, Violence against women, Violence, Domestic violence, Social Issues
Battered women's hot line may close
Jerusalem :: Israel | about 4 hours ago
Credibility As the world prepares to mark the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women on Wednesday, the future of Israel's National Hot Line for Battered Women and Children at Risk is in doubt, The Jerusalem Post has learned. Israel, in a...
Tags: WIZO Israel, battered women, Israel, Jerusalem, Welfare and Social Services Ministry, Wizo, Women's International Zionist Organization, Violence against women, Domestic violence, Social Issues
Every husband a potential 'abuser'
Kyōto :: Japan | about 8 hours ago
Credibility Before the Christopher Savoie case hit the news, Japanese commentators on the Hague Convention on international parental child abduction had already begun fretting over the completely unsubstantiated assertion that "almost all" instances of children being...
Tags: Japan, Kyōto, Alberto Fujimori, Political repression, Human Interest, Marriage, Domestic violence, Violence against women, Child abuse, Child custody, Family law, Divorce, Family therapy, Social Issues, Law Crime
Plan to shine a light on domestic violence
Melbourne :: Australia | about 16 hours ago
Credibility JEN'S friends used to think she had it all. She drove a Mercedes, lived in a big house and sent the children to a private school...Over a 10-year marriage, her husband controlled her money, her choice of friends and eventually her mind.
Tags: Australia, Melbourne, Violence against women, Domestic violence, Family therapy, Violence, Social Issues
Larson to begin asking for monitors immediately in domestic violence cases
Lexington :: KY :: USA | about 18 hours ago
Credibility But Commonwealth's Attorney Ray Larson said he will begin asking judges in Fayette County to order the electronic devices for the most dangerous offenders immediately. "If we know about safety concerns, we ought to be doing what we can to keep a person...
Tags: Ray Larson, Fayette County, Mary Houlihan, GPS, violence cases, Amanda Ross, Greg Stumbo, electronic monitoring, begin ask, gps monitoring, Lexington, Prosecutors, Year of birth missing, Steve Nunn, Domestic violence, Electronic tagging, Punishments, Violence against women, Social Issues, Law Crime
Tougher domestic violence sentences sought
Vancouver :: Canada | about 20 hours ago
Credibility 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
Police invest in anti-violence day (NZPA)
California City :: CA :: USA | 1 day 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, violence message, California City, Family therapy, Violence against women, Crime, Violence, Domestic violence, Social Issues, Onehunga, Manu Vatuvei
Women's Refuge Praises White Ribbon Role Models
Auckland :: New Zealand | 1 day ago
Credibility I am very aware of the great work so many of you are doing to promote change in your families, workplaces and communities. You have a critical role to play and I honour you as you stand alongside women. You are our allies, as we seek to eliminate domestic...
Tags: New Zealand, Auckland, Violence against women, Masculinity, Domestic violence, Family therapy, Violence, Social Issues, Human Interest, Financial markets, Fair value, Fundamental analysis, Business valuation, Valuation risk, Valuation, Financial economics, Finance, Business Finance
Domestic violence: 9 in 10 dodge jail
Glasgow :: United Kingdom | 1 day 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
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