Articles Posted in Domestic Violence

There are many factors that may influence couples to stay together, even if they’re in a toxic and potentially dangerous situation. Financial dependence, immigration status, fear of making the situation worse, and fear of losing custody over the kids are all potential reasons that often come up in conversations about domestic violence. There is, however,…

There are many factors that may contribute to the number of domestic violence charges in Chicago and our country as a whole, but one of the major issues is a general failure to understand what domestic violence really is. The first major misunderstanding is that you can only be charged with domestic violence if you…

Minor Dispute Garners Major Attention The police arrested both Simon and Brickell on charges of disorderly conduct. New Canaan Chief of Police Leon Krolikowski reported that there were some minor injuries (he didn’t get any more specific than that with reporters), but that the couple cooperated with police. Although he arrested them, Krolikowski told reporters,…

It’s just a bruise – it will soon disappear. A blackened eye, a twisted arm, facial scrapes, or a chipped tooth, none of these will leave a permanent mark on your appearance. Even the guilt, the shame, and the constant fear you’re living under will eventually pass, as you “realize” his behavior is triggered by…

No woman – whether a member of the high class or earning the minimum wage – is immune to domestic violence, be it physical, emotional, psychological, or economical. Although studied less than other forms of intimate partner violence, psychological abuse is the only reality known to millions of women across the globe, with dramatic consequences…

Domestic violence is a healthcare issue of epidemic proportions, as well as a blatant violation of victims’ human rights. During the last 30 years, the impact of domestic abuse has been shattering to victims, their families and the communities they arepart of. The most recent report of the World Health Organization on the prevalence and…

Even the most self-proclaimed “progressive” person has some deep-seated biases. For example, when someone says the words “dating violence,” most people automatically assume that a male committed some act of violence on a female. In late July, however, several new studies presented evidence to overthrow these nearly universal assumptions. At the American Psychological Association’s annual…

VS. www.sacramento.cbslocal.com www.jezebel.com It sounds like something out of a slasher flick: In July 2011, 50-year-old Catherine Kieu of Garden Grove, California drugged her husband’s tofu with Ambien, a sleeping pill. The two were married in December 2009, but in March of 2011, he filed for divorce. The two continued to live together, however, and…

There is never a good time to end your marriage. It is one of the most important relationships in your life. However, sometimes life’s best laid plans force us to take this difficult decision. My parents have had their fights and arguments, but for them the “till death do us apart” concept stays. Some years…

If the police are summoned to the scene of reported domestic violence, you can just about bet your last ten bucks that someone will be going to jail. In the case of wrestling legend Scott Hall, police arrested him Friday despite Hall’s insistence that he had never been violent with girlfriend Lisa Howell. Though Ms.…