By Fox News on 09/07/2018
“… Jennifer Rudemyer, 39, who was found dead outside the Hilton Head Island home of Gaston Perez on Tuesday night, attacked him hours after he got a restraining order against her, Beaufort County officials and police told the Island Packet newspaper. …”
Read the entire article: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2018/09/07/hilton-head-former-teacher-shot-her-doctor-ex-boyfriend-before-turning-gun-on-herself-reports.html
By Daily Wire on 09/01/2018
“… A former soap actress has left the U.K.’s “Celebrity Big Brother” house after tearfully claiming another housemate “punched” her “like a boxer would punch a bag.” Except footage of the incident shows her claims to be wildly exaggerated. …”
Read the entire article: https://www.dailywire.com/news/35351/uk-big-brother-star-makes-exaggerated-claim-ashe-schow
By Daily Free Press on 09/06/2018
“… The boarding house, run by the Daughters of Mary of the Immaculate Conception and prominent Fenway-area realtor Marc Roos, is facing backlash from its elderly tenants who have been evicted on what they believe to be a basis of blatant age discrimination. Although the purpose of the evictions has not yet been made clear, both the Daughters and Roos claim they are not responsible for the evictions. …”
Read the entire article: https://dailyfreepress.com/blog/2018/09/06/evicted-elderly-tenants-rise-up-against-catholic-nuns-claiming-elder-abuse/
By Deccan Chronicle on 08/31/2018
“… According to study author Catherine Shaffer, more research is needed to understand why boys are reporting more dating violence.
“It could be that it’s still socially acceptable for girls to hit or slap boys in dating relationships. This has been found in studies of adolescents in other countries as well,” said Catherine Shaffer. …”
Read the entire article: https://www.deccanchronicle.com/lifestyle/health-and-wellbeing/310818/more-teen-boys-report-experiencing-dating-violence-than-girls-new-stu.html
By Chicago Health online on 09/04/2018
“… Nearly 1 in 4 adult women and approximately 1 in 7 adult men experience severe physical violence from an intimate partner in their lifetime, according to the CDC. And that doesn’t include other forms of abuse, including emotional, economic and sexual abuse. …”
Read the entire article: https://chicagohealthonline.com/out-of-the-shadows/
By Sun News Online on 08/12/2018
“… However, I want to talk about a subject that we often times sweep under the carpet because we never want to paint the average man as a weakling. We hardly hear about men trapped in abusive relationships because we feel no matter what, a man has to be in charge of every situation. But I couldn’t ignore a publication I saw recently where Lagos State Domestic Violence Response Team (DVSRT) said they received 138 cases of domestic violence against men from May 2017 to March 2018. …”
Read the entire article: http://sunnewsonline.com/men-invisible-victims-domestic-violence/
By Daily Wire on 08/14/2018
“… A curious notice appeared earlier this month on the Federal Register. The Department of Justice (DOJ) is seeking to collect information from colleges and universities regarding their policies and practices for sexual misconduct. …”
Read the entire article: https://www.dailywire.com/news/34497/doj-looking-create-campus-sex-offender-registry-ashe-schow
By Daily Caller on 08/28/2018
“… Campus rights activists and some experts are alarmed by a notice in the August 1 Federal Register. The Department of Justice program “Sex Offender Sentencing, Monitoring, Apprehending, Registering and Tracking” (SMART) plans to collect questionnaires from approximately fifty colleges and universities on behalf of its “Campus Information Sharing and Response Project.” ….”
Read the entire article: https://dailycaller.com/2018/08/28/sex-offender-database-sex-registry/
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Richard James Gelles is an American writer and sociologist. He is a former dean at the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Rhode Island and holds the Joanne and Raymond Welsh Chair of Child Welfare and Family Violence in the School of Social Policy & Practice. He is the director for the Center for Research on Youth & Social Policy and co-director of the Field Center for Children’s Policy Practice & Research.
Gelles is an internationally acclaimed expert in domestic violence and child welfare. He was influential in the passage of the Adoption and Safe Families Act of 1997.
Gelles is the author of the book, The Violent Home, which was the first systematic investigation to provide empirical data on domestic violence. His more recent books, The Book of David: How Preserving Families Can Cost Children’s Lives and Intimate Violence in Families, Third Edition, have also made a significant impact in the study of child welfare and family violence. He is the author of 24 books and more than 100 articles, chapters and papers.
By Providence Journal on 08/26/2018
“… In Rhode Island, authorities and advocates for the elderly generally defer to the wishes of victims who don’t want to press charges against their abusers. But a national expert urges a more aggressive approach. …”
Read the entire article: http://www.providencejournal.com/news/20180826/elder-abuse-in-ri-barriers-to-prosecution-often-leave-victims-at-risk
