The overall figure was up by 4.9 percent from 2022 and marked the 20th straight year of increases in domestic violence consultations. Police decided that 8,685 cases were serious enough to be treated as crimes. Ninety percent of those cases involved assaults and inflicting injuries, while 49 ca...
Men’s violence against and abuse of women, girls and children is not a party-political issue but of course responses must be led by whichever party holds power. The issue of so-called ‘rape gangs’ is currently being used by the Right to undermine the government which has been in power...
Court Watchers Tracks Domestic Violence Cases
Migrant workers have a high employment rate, but they work long hours in low-skilled, low-wage work, are exposed to non-payment or delayed payment of wages and physical and verbal violence, and their labor rights are greatly restricted. They cannot bring their families, and their opportunities...
DENVER, the United States, Feb. 17 (Xinhua) -- Calls for help at one domestic violence shelter in Denver have fallen, but the severity of cases is growing, according to a local media report. "Much of it has to do with the increased isolation. Isolation has always been a huge tactic ...
domestic violence cases can reach, prohibiting a plea agreement to a non-domestic violence crime unless prosecutors can’t prove an “intimate relationship” or make a “good faith representation” that they can’t establish a prima facie case of domestic violence at trial. §18-6-801(3), C...
Nov 8, 2023 01:36 Feds warn of potential threats after Hamas attack Federal law enforcement is warning about the potential for violence in the U.S. amid the war between Israel and Hamas. A new bulletin said "lone offenders inspired by, or reacting to" the conflict are the greatest threat...
In Washington, D.C., we speak with veterans demanding the military improve its handling of domestic violence cases. Then in California, we introduce you to the father-son duo who were the first Black generals in the U.S. military. Watch these stories and more on "Eye on America" with ...
In its 2020 annual report, the Courts Service said domestic violence cases jumped by 65% in the last five years. Refuge providers said the 2020 court figures “certainly tally” with the increased demand for support from domestic violence services across the country. ...
Domestic Violence Report last reviewed Hague Convention cases in 16 DVR 6 (Aug/Sept 2011). The Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction, implemented through the International Child Abduction Remedies Act (ICARA), 42 U.S.C. § 11601 et seq. , was adopted to “se...