Domestic Violence and Prior Charges

Domestic violence charges can be prosecuted as misdemeanor offenses or as felonies at the discretion of the prosecuting attorney. In some cases, felony charges are levied when there’s been a particularly egregious act of violence committed against the victim. Other circumstances which may result in a felony being prosecuted are those which involve the [...]

Joggers Need Protection Too

During the past decade or two, jogging has become a regular way to exercise for millions of Americans. You’re outside, you’re getting a good cardiovascular work out, you’re looking at things you pass by close up. What could be bad? Unfortunately, with the increase in jogging has come an increase in the number [...]

Domestic Violence Defense

Domestic violence law has become more complex over the years and a broader range of acts can be defined as acts of violence. These crimes can be prosecuted as misdemeanors or felonies in California. The violence need not have taken place between a married or cohabitating couple to be considered domestic violence. Dating couples, [...]

Is Spousal Abuse Domestic Violence?

Wikipedia defines Domestic violence as: when a family member, partner or ex-partner attempts to physically or psychologically dominate another. Many times we see people come into our office asking us to defend them against a domestic violence charge and they say that they didn’t even realize that what they were doing was a crime. [...]

Domestic Violence Victims Security Expert Outlines Domestic Violence Help Tips

Historically many married domestic violence DV victims have suffered in silence as most law enforcement agencies maintained a hands-off approach to intervening in marital affairs. Thankfully most of today’s law enforcement agencies have revised their policies and now adopt a more pro-active response when faced with DV victims. Most of these law enforcement agencies [...]

Personal Protection is on the Rise

These days there is more and more attention being paid to personal attacks. It seems as though even in areas that have had very low crime rates, the number or crimes is rising, and often, the seriousness and viciousness of the crimes is rising, too. Something else is rising, too. The number of [...]

Single Parenting: Simple Tips For Keeping A Home Safe

It is harder to keep a home safe for those live as single parents rather than married person who live together with their partners in one house. Besides being responsible for whole things inside the house, single parenting is also more prone to crimes since they don’t have partner to guard them in their [...]

Are ATM’S safe to use?

ATM safety is something that you should really be concerned with. That is because ATM machines are a breeding ground for potential crimes. It is pretty easy for a thief to scope out a lot of ATM locations, especially those that are located at bars, restaurants, gas stations or are simply out in the [...]

Gender Based Hat Crimes

Women are the predominant victims in this historical problem that has existed for a long time. In the US gender crimes were first categorized as hate crimes by the 1998 act on hate crimes prevention. This federal act on Hate crimes statistics does not however collect data on heterosexual gender crimes. It only collects [...]

Sexual Assault Concerns

Using your common sense can be the best self defense against attack. Because every case of rape or assault is different, there is no one perfect solution against being victimized. Law enforcement and authorities recommend adapting to the “buddy system” whenever possible and carrying self defense protection when available. Many self defense products are [...]

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