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...

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...

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...

If you think for one minute the United States is the only country that has a domestic violence problem think again! Here's a story out of Australia, where police in Alice Springs have made more than 280 arrests as part of an operation targeting domestic violence. Read the whole story HERE. For some reason domestic violence seems higher in this central Australian...

One week ago today Pres. Obama signed a memorandum creating a task force to combat sexual assaults on the nation's college campuses. He gave the task force 90 days to draw some recommendations on how to deal with sexual assaults on college campuses-both on how to prevent them and how people respond to them-specifically law enforcement and University officials. Read the whole...

About 10 years ago the Liz Claiborne Corporation did a comprehensive study about teenage dating and the perils associated with it such as assaults that are normally connected to domestic violence. Recently there was another study done and the conclusions and facts presented were almost exactly the same. What does that mean? That nothing has gotten better for young women in their...