click for more info In an article that's not surprising, Oakland's police chief reported that domestic violence cases are up in the city and that the resources to fight this crime are down. Last Tuesday Oakland Police Officer Randy White presented a report on the state of domestic violence to the City Council Public Safety Committee at the request of Councilmember Dan...

click image for more details This is a story out of Idaho regarding domestic violence and how it affects the child's routine. You can read the whole story HERE. In part the article says "Even if children don’t see domestic violence, they almost always know it’s happened. And sometimes that’s just as bad as witnessing it first-hand, Caroline Collins, Child Welfare Scholars...

The World Health Organisation's (WHO) first international study into the prevalence of violence against women found that one in four women in high-income countries have been abused by their partners, compared with a third of women worldwide. You can read the rest of the story HERE. Partner-perpetrated violence was highest in the south-east Asian region at 37.7 per cent, followed by the...

click for more info Domestic assault and battery was the charge Framingham Police issued most frequently last year, after local warrant and outside warrant arrests, according to data from the police. You can read the whole story HERE. Every year, police also respond to hundreds of family matters that don’t rise to the level of a domestic assault. "Those numbers are really...

This is a story out of the United Kingdom where domestic violence is just as big a problem as it is here in the United States. This article is very critical of the government’s efforts to stop domestic violence, calling them meaningless. Harsh words! Government efforts to tackle domestic violence against women and girls are “virtually meaningless” in some areas, according to...

We have never had much respect for Joe Biden but I reserve the right to change my mind because he and I agree on the importance of this issue-domestic violence. Recently Vice President Biden on Wednesday said his work on domestic violence has been "the single most important cause of my life." The whole article HERE. "Biden said the reason it's so...