click for more info Here's a story out of Detroit, Michigan, where three murder suicides over one weekend all tied to domestic abuse and domestic violence has people concerned. You can read the rest of the story HERE. Although the rate of domestic violence reported in Michigan has remained steady for years, one victims advocate said the intensity of violence has led...

click image for more details Here is a story out of Ireland that makes the point that domestic violence is not just physical or sexual. Academics prefer to use the term “intimate partner violence” so as not to exclude dating relationships where victim and abuser do not share a home. Also, there is debate among support services as to whether the term...

In Egypt, women's rights groups are pushing back against some Islamists' attempts to blame women for an upsurge in sexual harassment. You can read the whole story HERE. In Egypt fundamentalist Islamist groups have a history of repressing women. Women there are striving for equal rights that are running up against a brick wall starting with sexual harassment where these fundamentalists blame...

"Tasers are used extensively in more than 90 percent of the 18,000 police departments in the United States. The Taser has given police officers a non-lethal weapon that is more effective than pepper spray." This is a story about Taser, international and their efforts to give police officers another tool to fight crime. It is a "head-mounted camera called Axon Flex, that...

click for more info "Every year, police in Baltimore City respond to thousands of calls related to domestic violence. Officers arrest and charge abusive partners, judges issue protective orders to women who fear for their lives, and domestic violence counselors struggle to help battered women and their children recover from the physical and emotional traumas they have suffered." You can read the...

click image for more info Here is an editorial opinion about how colleges and universities handle sexual assaults committed other campuses. "A student who commits sexual assault on a college campus is less likely to suffer long-term personal consequences than a student who gets caught drinking and driving. That doesn’t appear like it will be changing anytime soon." You can read the...