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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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