The New York City Council’s Committee on Women and Gender Equity and Committee on the Justice System held a joint hearing on Wednesday to examine the effectiveness of the city’s programs meant to ...

Over the past year, Northwest Montana has begun making inroads to address domestic violence through a legislative proposal aimed at protecting victims and the addition of three victim advocates in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Franklin County Municipal Court wants to interrupt the cycle of domestic violence by educating people convicted of abuse who are ...

The state of Florida requires people convicted of domestic violence to participate in batterers’ intervention programs. The programs have been in place for 30 years, but lawmakers are now looking into ...

Normally the focus of dating violence prevention and response programs is on the victims, but what about the abusers? Although prison sentences might be appropriate for adults with a long history of ...