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Why Didn't Florida Courts Protect This 4-Year-Old?
Abusive father John Stacey murdered his young son before killing himself, one day after the boy’s mom was denied an order of protection | Ali Kessler was 39 and living... read more
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What Are Grey Rape and Stealthing?
These forms of sexual abuse have sinister definitions and dangerous consequences | This article was updated in 2022. The original was published in 2017. Stealthing an... read more
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Violent Abuser, Murderer, Up for Parole
What happens when the criminal justice system doesn’t consider abusers threats to the public any longer? | Pictured: Nicole Sinkule. Photo courtesy of Nicole's mother.... read more
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Netflix's "Maid" Highlights Truth About Domestic Violence
The 6 things the show got right, and one thing it got wrong | Netflix’s Maid is the 10-episode fictional drama released in October, based on Stephanie Land’s 2019 memo... read more
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National Defense Authorization Act Includes Sweeping Reforms
Reform removes serious crime prosecution from military command | Members of the U.S. armed forces aren’t held accountable by the civilian court system, but instead by ... read more
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Revenge Porn Meets the Law: Federal Protections for Victims
A federal law on nonconsensual distribution of sexual images, or “revenge porn,” is poised to become law | Forty-eight states, the District of Columbia, and one U.S. t... read more
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Jennifers' Law Addresses Coercive Control in Family Court
Connecticut is the third state to include this tactic of abuse in their definition of domestic violence after two murders make headlines | Connecticut Governor Ned Lam... read more
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Should Sex Work Be Legalized?
Advocacy groups debate over how best to help sex workers, many of whom are survivors of abuse and violence | Leaving abuse can mean that while survivors may be safer, ... read more
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Canada Nonprofit Moves Survivors for Free
Shelter Movers helps leaving an abusive partner a little less worrisome | When domestic violence survivors make the brave decision to leave an abusive partner and go i... read more
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An Order of Protection Should Mean No Guns
Lori Jackson Domestic Violence Survivor Protection Act would close a deadly loophole | The most dangerous time for a domestic violence survivor is when they decide to ... read more
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Majority of Young People Have Moved Back Home
Unfortunately, that doesn’t mean domestic violence in young adults is lessening | The number of young adults who are moving back in with their parents has skyrocketed ... read more
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Finally, New Brain Injury Study Focuses on Survivors of DV
TBIs in survivors often go undetected—but advocates are trying to change that | More attention and, accordingly, research have gone into the prevention and treatment o... read more
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The 5 Largest Single-Day Marches in History
Marches bring people together in a noteworthy display of unification | As a society, we’ve long marched for change—to demand equal rights, stop the bloodshed of gun vi... read more
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Should Shelter Locations Be Made Public?
Domestic violence shelters often keep their locations confidential. But some are public—and they have positive outcomes to report | When we think about domestic violen... read more
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Do Stand Your Ground Laws Apply to DV Survivors?
How self-defense laws help victims of abuse and how they don’t | Self-defense laws in every state are designed to help protect would-be victims of assault from prosecu... read more
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