Category: Violence

Systemic failure to protect Rotherham children from abuse

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-28974336

Victim blaming continues as English Judge states rape conviction rates will not improve until women stop drinking so heavily

http://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/11431450.Judge_in_rape_trail_warning_____Conviction_rates_will_not_improve_until_women_stop_drinking_so_heavily___/?ref=var_0

New Domestic Violence service delivery model – increased information sharing between agencies

http://rlc.org.au/article/domestic-violence-deaths-case-for-risk-assessment-and-information-sharing

Links between animal abuse and domestic violence

http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/like-pet-like-partner-links-between-animal-abuse-and-domestic-violence-20140817-10546p.html

No Shelter Forum about the closure of women's refuges

http://www.upswellmag.com/speech-from-sit-down–shut-up-a-forum-about-the-closure-of-womens-only-youth-and-aboriginal-services–upswell-magazine

Peaceful Protest is treated as Terrorism in America today

The REAL ISSUE Behind the Ferguson, Missouri Police Response

No Confidence in Domestic Violence Peak Body

http://www.smh.com.au/world/domestic-violence-peak-body-in-disarray-as-members-make-a-vote-of-no-confidence-20140811-102od8.html

Low testosterone could be what made us civilized humans

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2014/08/01/low-testosterone-could-be-what-made-us-civilized-humans/?tid=rssfeed

"Going Home Staying Home" reforms attract backlash

http://www.greatlakesadvocate.com.au/story/2451559/going-home-staying-home-reforms-backlash/?cs=447

"almost half of domestic violence deaths were not recorded as such in the database used by police."

http://m.smh.com.au/nsw/domestic-violence-death-team-caught-in-limbo-after-resignation-of-state-coroner-mary-jerram-20140726-zwzmp.html