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Sen. Susan Collins of Maine, a Republican abortion rights supporter, is bucking an election trend against moderate, pro-choice GOP politicians, whose ranks are thinning. But as a female Republican in D.C. she’s becoming more of a rarity.
Over a thousand U.S. women are killed each year by a current or former intimate partner. Two million a year are injured. A sexual assault occurs every two minutes. Fifth in “The Memo” series on the status of U.S. women.
Landmark laws passed in the 1990s aimed at keeping guns from abusers have fallen short of their mark, say law enforcement personnel and advocates. Latest story in our “Dangerous Trends, Innovative Responses” series.
The murder-suicide of a wrestling star, his wife and son outside Atlanta is a case study in domestic homicide and the critical role of violence prevention in stemming murder-suicides.
As advocates for battered women and children work to improve custody decisions in the nation’s family courts, they say valid psychological assessments that measure trauma in children are often ignored.
Domestic violence agencies that once screened out addicted women are opening their shelters and work with addiction authorities to help women reach safety and sobriety at the same time. First in our “Dangerous Trends, Innovative Responses” series.
African American women’s high rates of death at the hands of intimate partners lead advocates to cry out for more culturally sensitive, community-based services. Sixth in our “Dangerous Trends, Innovative Responses” series.
The case of a Seattle woman who was stalked by her estranged husband shows how controlling personalities can use cell phones, spyware and GPS technologies to terrorize their victims. First in “Dangerous Trends, Innovative Responses” series.
Three years after dozens of sex-assault allegations engulfed the Air Force Academy the only case to proceed to a court-martial could be poised for dismissal after U.S. marshals refused to arrest the accuser’s civilian therapist.
Non-lethal strangulation is a common but often invisible crime against battered women. New research and investigative techniques are helping to bring it into the courtroom and make it a felony in a growing list of states.