Domestic Violence On The Rise In Las Vegas

There was a story recently out of Las Vegas, Nevada that talked about the rise in domestic violence in that city. So far this year five homicides involving domestic violence have happened in the Las Vegas area. In 2013, 32% of all homicides were a direct result of domestic violence. One officer from the Las Vegas Family Crimes Bureau said that a...

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Rate Of Sexual Assaults on Campus Must Decline

This story from the Post-Gazette is an opinion piece about sexual assaults on college campuses. You can read the whole story HERE. The gist of the editorial is that parents have enough to worry about sending their daughter off to college without having to worry about whether or not she will be raped. And of course the young woman is in the...

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"Knockout Game" Hits Boonies In Canada

Here is a story from Revelstoke, British Columbia in Canada, a town that has a population of less than 7500 and is located 400 miles east of Vancouver-in other words out in the middle of nowhere. The story is about a wave of how high profile assaults in North America called the Knockout Game. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) have been...

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Parking Lot Assaults And Safety Tips

Here is a story and video about a Parking Lot Assault that occurred recently in the Salem area. The story also has some parking lot tips for residents. According to the story, a woman was leaving the grocery store, putting her groceries in the car when a subject comes up from behind her grabs her and then pushes her to the ground...

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Domestic Violence Up In UK

Here is a story out of London England where the Daily Mail did a story about domestic violence showing that there was a sharp rise in domestic violence in the last quarter of 2013, with a 15.5% increase. Victims suffered abuse at home resulting in a 5.1% rise in the number of attacks with injuries compared to the previous three months. You...

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College Sexual Assaults Often Go Unreported; Change On The Way?

Although the Federal Clery Act requires U.S. colleges to document and disclose all sexual assaults that occur on their campuses annually, universities can only tabulate reported incidents; and sexual assaults often go unreported. To address the problem, a number of students and experts on sexual violence are pushing universities to conduct comprehensive student surveys. While some schools have been accused of manipulating...

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Knockout Game Zeroes In On Elderly

Law enforcement officials in Dallas, Texas are investigating several attacks on men over 65 that they believe are part of the nationwide game called the 'knockout game.' Read the whole story HERE. One of the victims was punched in the parking lot of a Denny's restaurant will another occurred outside Campisi's. The purpose of the knockout game is to attack someone and...

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