Battered Women And America’s Secret Shame

It’s effortless to be smug and protected in our own preconceptions about our country and culture. We’re, in the end, America – that shining city with a hill, as Ronald Reagan called it. That beacon of existence, liberty and justice for all. That bastion of freedom and equality inside a world filled by extremism, socialism [...]

Domestic Violence Victims Have a New Friend

Domestic Violence Victims Have A New Friend In a survey conducted by the Allstate Foundation National Poll On Domestic Violence, three-quarters of respondents admit  knowing someone who was a victim of domestic abuse. General statistics tell us a full 92% of women say that reducing domestic violence and sexual assault should be at the [...]

The Effects of Domestic Violence: Stealing Your Rights

How devastating are the effects of domestic violence? An article from Psych Central gives us a perfect example: “one of the most tragic outcomes of domestic violence is that well more than half of the young men between the ages of 11 and 22 who are in jail for homicide have killed their mother’s [...]

Domestic Violence Prevention

  08/26/09 The statistics are always staggering and a recent tragic event in Novato has prompted us to bring domestic violence back to the forefront.  Almost one-third of all women murdered in this country are killed by a domestic partner. As advocates for justice for victims of domestic violence, we continue to put domestic violence [...]