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Battle Against Bullying: A Moorhead teen turns a negative into a positive with art

By Valley News Live on 07/09/2018

“… “I think that having a creative outlet seems to be really helpful for a lot of people,” Vedvei adds. “We talk a lot about how we can’t control what these other kids are doing. Unfortunately, we can’t always control other people’s actions or behaviors towards us but we can try to control how we deal with their actions and how we respond to those.” …”

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Male victim of domestic abuse urges others to speak out

By The Northern Echo on 06/12/2018

“… The No Less of a Man campaign is being fronted by Durham Police’s young police and crime commissioner (PCC) Libby Wright, from Stanley.

The 17-year-old, who is doing A-levels at Durham Sixth Form, said: “When I was researching it I realised there are a massive amount of men affected by this. …”

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Rockford Police Grant Helping Domestic Violence Victims

By Patch on 07/10/2018

“… WIFR reported Remedies Vice President of Operations, Karen Gill says timing is everything in these situations, adding that Remedies has gotten a big increase in calls since the program was put in place last November, with 160 more calls made to their center in June through the cells phones, including more male victims and different languages than before. …”

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Male couples report as much domestic violence as straight couples

By Science Daily on 07/10/2018

“… Most studies examining domestic violence look at female victims in heterosexual couples or have only asked questions of one member of a male couple.

Nearly half (46 percent) of the 320 men (160 couples) in the study reported experiencing some form of intimate partner violence in the last year — physical and sexual violence, emotional abuse and controlling behavior. …”

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Area’s elder abuse statistics are state’s worst for the ‘quiet epidemic’

By News Leader 

“… Imagine if your area hospital was used to treat only elderly people who were the potential victims of neglect, exploitation and abuse. Imagine that hospital at full capacity, all beds filled.

Now imagine another hospital right next to it, also filled. Actually, imagine another 23 hospitals. All filled to capacity. …”

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Thousands misusing abuse orders to get legal aid, says parenting charity

By BBC News on 07/03/2018

“… Thousands of parents falsely claim domestic abuse in order to access legal aid and stop estranged partners from seeing their children, a shared parenting charity claims. …”

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Local services raise awareness for elder abuse

By WITN on 06/27/2018

“… “Unfortunately, about 60% of the cases are from family members. One of the things we recommend is that folks set up a healthcare power of attorney at a young age and that they continually update their will so that their wishes are known and they are putting people in charge of their finances that they trust,” says Elliot. …”

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When Men Are the Victims of Domestic Violence

By The Crime Report on 06/27/2018

“… On February 25, the actress Heather Locklear was involved in a domestic violence incident. Sadly, such incidents are not uncommon. What makes this case unusual—aside from Locklear’s celebrity—is that she was the attacker, not the victim. …”

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Male domestic abuse victims up 40% in just one UK county as thousands more report offense

By RT on 06/19/2018

“… Thousands of men have reported being domestically abused in Kent, a charity has revealed. The Mankind Initiative saw a staggering increase of 40 percent in the number of male victims suffering domestic violence since 2017. …”

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How bankers are poised to thwart senior financial abuse

By Clarion Ledger on 06/24/2018

“… Decades ago, population experts began telling us to get ready for a major population shift as the baby-boomer generation (those born from 1946 to 1964) started to retire. Coupled with increasing life expectancy, this shift would challenge our society as record numbers of Americans became elderly. …”

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