ArticlesCategory :: Domestic ViolenceBy Cleveland.com 8/25/2010 "Police were able to arrest a woman Wednesday evening who had beaten her sister with a handgun and locked herself in their home for nearly two hours." Read the entire article: http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2010/08/post_344.html By Edge Boston 8/23/2010 "...A Brockton woman walked into that city's police station on Aug. 9 and allegedly confessed to killing her exgirlfriend's Alcoholics Anonymous sponsor because the woman allegedly had come between the couple. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.edgeboston.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc3=&id=109418#discussion By TMZ.com 8/11/2010 "NBA veteran Earl Watson filed for divorce from his wife Jennifer Freeman -- claiming the "My Wife and Kids" actress attacked him in a late night rage ... and savagely bit him on the chest until he bled." Read the entire article: http://www.tmz.com/2010/08/11/nba-player-earl-watson-jennifer-freeman-my-wife-and-kids-indiana-pacers-bite-attack-ucla/ By The Washington Post 8/12/2010 "...Domestic violence is not the province of one gender; abusers can be male or female, heterosexual or homosexual. Although abuse by males is widely recognized, abuse by females is generally not. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/08/11/AR2010081105728.html By Kake.com 8/8/2010 "A Wichita woman asks police to arrest her after a domestic violence call to a residence." Read the entire article: http://www.kake.com/news/headlines/100224199.html?ref=199 By Northwest Public Radio 8/2/2010 "Rarely do ads for legislative races get this personal. But Washington Republicans are pulling no punches. They’ve launched an ad campaign against a Washington state lawmaker accused of domestic violence." Read the entire article: http://nwpr.org/07/HomepageArticles/Article.aspx?n=7616 By Men Media 7/30/2010 "...Police sources said she attacked him with the knife after he accused her of having a lesbian affair. Samantha fled but her sister Toni refused to call an ambulance for an hour even though Mr Darvill lay dying on the floor of her home Blackley home where she had been holding a party. ..." Read the entire article: http://menmedia.co.uk/manchestereveningnews/news/crime/s/1312697_victims_family_furious_at_joke_justice_for_killer_sisters By RiverFrontTimes 7/29/2010 "A Fulton-based resource center for battered women has been ordered by the state to shut down all operations." Read the entire article: http://blogs.riverfronttimes.com/dailyrft/2010/07/domestic_violence_center_shut_down_for_being_a_total_fraud.php By Carolyn Hax -- Washington Post 7/29/2010 "...I'm in a terrible marriage and I don't know how to get out of it. I have two small children, which greatly complicates things. My wife has become extremely abusive, both physically and verbally. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/07/28/AR2010072805425.html By This is Jersey 7/26/2010 "...Victim Support say that they are seeing more and more men asking for help and that it is time to encourage other husbands and boyfriends to come forward." By SILive.com 7/21/2010 "Rep. Michael McMahon has secured $90,000 for the office of District Attorney Daniel Donovan to expand its Violence Against Women program." Read the entire article: http://www.silive.com/news/index.ssf/2010/07/mcmahon_secures_90g_to_assist.html By National Review 7/10/2010 "Myths about domestic violence not only libel the vast majority of men; they also put truly at-risk women at greater risk." Read the entire article: http://article.nationalreview.com/437888/the-world-cup-abuse-nightmare/christina-hoff-sommers By Yahoo News 7/8/2010 "Mel Gibson was named Thursday as a potential suspect in a domestic violence investigation involving his ex-girlfriend, Russian singer Oksana Grigorieva, earlier this year, sheriff's officials said." Read the entire article: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100708/ap_on_en_mo/us_people_mel_gibson By The Washington Post 7/2/2010 "The ex-girlfriend of a D.C. Superior Court magistrate judge was sentenced Thursday to more than five years in prison for stalking the judge and breaking into her Northwest Washington home." Read the entire article: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/07/01/AR2010070106377.html By Phyllis Schlafly -- Eagle Forum June 2010 "The month of June when we observe Father's Day is a good time to review some of the injustices committed against fathers by family courts. Family courts routinely deprive divorced fathers not only of their own children, but even many constitutional rights." Read the entire article: http://www.eagleforum.org/psr/2010/june10/psrjune10.html By MLive.com 6/25/2010 "An 86-year-old Oceana County woman was arraigned Friday for domestic violence and ordered to stay away from her 92-year-old husband, whom she is accused of assaulting." Read the entire article: http://www.mlive.com/news/muskegon/index.ssf/2010/06/oceana_county_woman_86_charged.html By Albany Times Union – New York 6/25/2010 "New Yorkers need divorce reform, but no-fault divorce is not enough. It does nothing for spouses left in difficult or dire financial circumstances by the capricious laws now governing spousal support." By -- Townhall.com 6/19/2010 "A good Father's Day gift would be to reform the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), make it gender-neutral, and assure men that family courts will accord them constitutional rights equivalent to those enjoyed by murderers and robbers." Read the entire article: http://townhall.com/columnists/PhyllisSchlafly/2010/06/19/a_good_fathers_day_gift?page=full&comments=true By New York Times 6/10/2010 "...In a seven-page legal analysis, David J. Barron, the acting assistant attorney general of the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel, concluded that federal prosecutors may use the law in cases of interstate stalking and domestic violence regardless of whether the victim or the defendant is a man or a woman. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/11/us/politics/11gender.html?scp=1&sq=vawa&st=cse By Fox News 6/16/2010 "...These horrifying scenes were all in a video shown yesterday to the Queens jury that will decide the fate of a woman who allegedly set her ex-boy friend on fire in a jealous rage and then accidentally torched herself. ..." Read the article and watch the video: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/06/16/shocking-video-shown-trial-ny-woman-allegedly-set-ex-boyfriend-jealous-rage/ By Billboard.com 6/8/2010 "R&B singer Chris Brown has postponed his tour to Britain after being denied a visa to enter the country ..." Read the entire article: http://www.billboard.com/news/chris-brown-denied-u-k-visa-postpones-tour-1004096108.story#/news/chris-brown-denied-u-k-visa-postpones-tour-1004096108.story By KTLA.com 6/7/2010 ""Two and a Half Men" star Charlie Sheen has agreed to plead guilty to a misdemeanor assault charge in his domestic violence case." Read the entire article: http://www.ktla.com/news/landing/ktla-sheen-jail,0,2666331.story By Barbara Kay -- National Post 6/2/2010 "...Put another way, London’s 2007 police stats show that DV-related violence was 100% male on female and 0% female on male, when in fact, if the Lucio-Johnson case had been entered in the appropriate category, the ratio would be 50:50. “A bad statistic is harder to kill than a vampire,” according to a recent book on data manipulation, and no truer words were ever spoken when it comes to the DV industry. ..." Read the entire article: http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2010/06/02/myths-of-domestic-violence/ By Oregon Live 6/1/2010 "...Yet just this month, the U.S. transportation secretary, under the auspices of the White House Council for Women (there is no White House Council for Men or any similar agency in the federal government while there are eight such departments for women) announced a new program to help women "to complete undergraduate and graduate degrees in science, technology, engineering and math -- while pursuing careers in transportation."..." Read the entire article: http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2010/06/men_should_be_more_than_a_nati.html By People.com 6/1/2010 "Charlie Sheen will plead guilty to a misdemeanor offense and get 30 days jail time, says a source close to the negotiations in the star's ongoing domestic violence case." Read the entire article: http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20390144,00.html Study: Building Strong Families Evaluation Suggests Stronger Approach is NeededTuesday, 25 May 2010
By TMCnet 5/21/2010 "...The study measured the living arrangements, relationship status, relationship quality, extent of father involvement with his child, domestic violence and economic well-being of approximately five thousand couples who were randomly assigned to either a control group or a group that had access to a Building Strong Families program. ..." Read the entire article: http://it.tmcnet.com/news/2010/05/21/4803106.htm By Gordon E. Finley -- Washinton Times 5/18/2010 "...Today it is clear that "gender gaps" predominantly favor females and disfavor males. Specific examples would include strikingly higher rates of male unemployment, strikingly lower rates of male educational attainment, blatant gender bias in family and divorce law and, even when women and men initiate domestic violence at equal rates, the government's providing of services to women but not to men (as seen in the Violence Against Women Act). ..." Read the entire article: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/may/18/the-pitfalls-of-pitting-ethnicities-genders/ By Ifeminist.com 4/19/2010 "Re: domestic violence, in an effort to document the disparity between services for male victims and female victims, I have created a Google Map. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.ifeminists.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.726 By KTLA.com 4/30/2010 "Porn star Jenna Jameson and boyfriend of four years, mixed martial arts fighter Tito Ortiz, are reportedly withdrawing allegations that led to Ortiz's arrest on felony domestic violence charges earlier this week." Read the entire article: http://www.ktla.com/news/landing/ktla-ortiz-jameson,0,3220621.story By KTLA.com 4/29/2010 "...The boy's mother Andreia Huffman, 37, and a man in the home, Jason Dunikowski, 32, were arrested for domestic violence and endangering children. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.ktla.com/news/landing/ktla-boy-tied-to-table,0,2289360.story By Inside Vandy 4/18/2010 "... Last month Sen. Harry Reid uttered perhaps the stupidest remark by a feminist in history: “Women don’t commit domestic violence.”..." Read the entire article: http://www.insidevandy.com/drupal/node/14051 The Sun News 4/9/2010 "A Cheraw woman was arrested after her boyfriend told police she bit him during an argument about moving to Myrtle Beach, according to a police report." By The Times of India 4/12/2010 "In the wake of the raging debate on whether the Domestic Violence Act, enacted for the welfare of women, can be used against them or not, with different high courts expressing "conflicting views", a trial court has set the record straight by holding that female members of a family can be charged under the Domestic Violence Act in case of harassment of a woman." Read the entire article: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/india/Women-can-be-charged-under-Domestic-Violence-Act-Court/articleshow/5783727.cms By Bangor Daily News 4/1/2010 "A dispute over a dog Tuesday night led to the arrest of a Northport woman on charges of domestic violence terrorizing and violation of a protection order." Read the entire article: http://www.bangordailynews.com/detail/140196.html By Corine Gatti -- AHN 3/24/2010 "Prosecutors for the Miami-Dade State Attorney's office dropped a misdemeanor domestic battery charge against retired NFL defensive tackle Warren Sapp, it was reported. By NWF Daily News 3/28/2010 "A father tried to give his 11-year-old daughter a time-out, but she ended up getting charged with a misdemeanor." Read the entire article: http://www.nwfdailynews.com/news/old-27377-arrested-throwing.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter By nlrTimes 3/19/2010 "Images of domestic violence usually focus on a man beating his female partner, but the Jacksonville Police Department’s recent incident reports reveal that is not always the case." Read the entire article: http://www.nlrtimes.com/articles/2010/03/20/jacksonville_patriot/local_news/nws04.txthttp://www.nlrtimes.com/articles/2010/03/20/jacksonville_patriot/local_news/nws04.txt By Washington Post - Opinions 3/21/2010 "...A protective order hearing is not initiated by an impartial police officer or prosecutor. Instead, any person can trigger a hearing by alleging abuse. Many people have a case for abuse. Many others may have an ax to grind, such as gaining an advantage in a divorce proceeding. The court must try to distinguish between the two. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/19/AR2010031904328.html By MiamiHerald.com - Florida 3/13/2010 "...In the court documents, Moreno accused Raigoso of being aggressive toward him. ``She verbally abuses him in front of the children, calling him a decrepit old man and threatening him with violence in the event he does not vacate his own home,'' noted the document. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/03/13/1527330/police-dead-boys-father-killed.html By CBS5 -- Healdsburg 3/12/2009 "... The woman claiming to be a victim of domestic violence was identified as 20-year-old Patricia Manning. Read the entire article: http://cbs5.com/crime/healdsburg.car.sale.2.1557010.html By E-Online 3/15/2010 "The Two and a Half Men star has entered three whole pleas—all of them not guilty." By FoxNews.com 3/12/2010 "The ambulance crew that responded after golfer Tiger Woods crashed his SUV would not allow his wife to ride with him to the hospital because they thought it was a case of domestic violence, documents released Friday by the Florida Highway Patrol show." Read the entire article: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,589121,00.html By E-Online 3/12/2010 "...Officers on the scene were told by a paramedic that Nordegren wanted to ride alongside Woods but was prevented from accompanying him as the incident involved "domestic violence."..." By Highland Today 3/5/2010 "A 68-year-old woman who was arrested Saturday in connection with her husband's murder, "carefully planned" the death, and the incident is related to domestic violence, her arrest report states." Read the entire article: http://www2.highlandstoday.com/content/2010/mar/05/la-mans-murder-tied-to-domestic-violence-authoriti/ By Gordon E. Finley, Ph.D. -- Mens News Daily 2/25/2010 "As Senate Majority Leader, Harry Reid unquestionably is one of the nation’s most powerful political figures. So, as Majority Leader, how could he be so wrong on Domestic Violence?" Read the entire article: http://mensnewsdaily.com/2010/02/25/reidgate-where-did-harry-go-wrong/ By AJC 3/3/2010 "A 45-year-old woman, charged with ending a domestic dispute by killing her 26-year-old husband of five days, is a registered lobbyist for a group fighting domestic violence." Read the entire article: http://www.ajc.com/news/atlanta/woman-charged-with-killing-344266.html From You Tube "...He said: “Men don't have jobs. Women don't have jobs either, but women aren't abusive, most of the time. Men when they're out of work tend to become abusive."..." To Watch the Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTc8X9AJpmE By Boston Herald 2/24/2010 "The hunt for a woman sought in Thursday’s kidnapping of 1-year-old Jaylin Boudria from a Swansea gas station has ended peacefully with her arrest at a domestic violence shelter in Pennsylvania." Read the entire article: http://www.bostonherald.com/news/regional/view/20100224swansea_kidnap_suspect_nabbed_in_pennsylvania/srvc=home&position=also By Katie Weiss -- Crikey 2/26/2010 "When it comes to violence against women, “Australia Says No”. But what happens when women are the ones committing these crimes against other women?" Read the entire article: http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/02/26/violence-against-women-we-say-no-except-from-another-woman/ By BBC 2/25/2010 "...Parliament is also considering outlawing psychological violence in the home, because it is seen by many as a precursor to physical violence. ..." Read the entire article: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8537591.stm By FoxNews.com 2/18/2010 "North Carolina police responding to a domestic violence call have arrested the woman who falsely accused three Duke University lacrosse players of rape. WRAL-TV reported 33-year-old Crystal Gale Mangum was arrested late Wednesday on charges she assaulted her boyfriend." Read the entire article: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,586554,00.html By KTLA.com 2/11/2010 "British police say they've charged a 33-year-old woman with stabbing a man through the eye with her stiletto heel." Read the entire article: http://www.ktla.com/news/landing/ktla-stiletto-stabbing,0,4790193.story By Gordon E. Finley, Ph.D -- The Reality Check 2/3/2010 "...Second, President Obama established the first cabinet level White House Council on Women and Girls. However, all sound social and economic science data argues for the need for a White House Council on Boys and Men. Specifically, boys and men are falling behind at all levels of education from elementary to graduate and professional schools. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.therealitycheck.org/?p=11092 By Yahoo News 2/8/2010 "..."Brooke would like this case to be over and charges dismissed so they can get on with their lives."..." Read the entire article: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_en_tv/us_charlie_sheen_arrested By Ask Amy -- Chicago Tribune 1/29/2010 "...Her jealously and distrust have turned to violent rage, and on several occasions she physically attacked me. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.chicagotribune.com/features/columnists/ct-live-0129-amy-20100128,0,4282751.column
By Bruce Watson -- Daily Finance 1/30/2010 "Amid the media frenzy over Tiger Woods and Bengals receiver Chris Henry, a key aspect of both stories slipped through the cracks: Like millions of other men, Woods and Henry were -- allegedly at least -- the victims of domestic violence perpetrated by their wives or girlfriends." Read the entire article: http://www.dailyfinance.com/story/a-hidden-crime-domestic-violence-against-men-is-a-growing-probl/19297449/ By Miami Herald 2/1/2010 "..."We're looking at a lot of significant funding increases for women's programs in a year when the president has ordered a three-year, non-security, discretionary spending freeze,'' said Kate Bedingfield, a White House spokesman. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/story/1456615.html By FoxNews.com 2/3/2010 "A woman who tied up a cheating lover and glued his penis to his stomach said Tuesday that she didn't mean to hurt him and only overreacted because he was trying to contact her 12-year-old daughter." Read the entire article: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,584646,00.html By Trudy Schuett -- CliffviewPilot.com 2/2/2010 "If there’s anything I’ve learned in 10 years of advocacy for unserved victims of partner abuse, it’s that men don’t tell. Yes, the U.S. Dept. of Justice says there about 840,000 male victims of domestic violence each year. But those are just the ones who've reported it." Read the entire article: http://cliffviewpilot.com/beyond/998-the-silent-victims-battered-husbands By Carey Roberts -- RenewAmerica.com 2/1/2010 "Practically everyone in town knows Amy Dugas is a serial batterer. But the Maine criminal justice system keeps finding ways to keep her from facing the music." Read the entire article: http://www.renewamerica.com/columns/roberts/100201 By WYFF4.com – South Carolina 2/1/2010 "A man went to a home to give his ex-girlfriend child support that she was demanding ended up being hit with a baseball bat, he said." Read the entire article: http://www.wyff4.com/news/22400848/detail.html By ABC News -- Australia 1/28/2010 "The reluctance of some parents to report domestic violence in bitter custody battles could mean some children are returning to violent homes, Attorney-General Robert McClelland says." Read the entire article: http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/01/29/2804412.htm By Telegraph-Journal 1/27/2010 "After beating him with a frying pan and stabbing him with a kitchen knife, a Rothesay woman avoided jailtime and returned home with her victim/boyfriend." Read the entire article: http://telegraphjournal.canadaeast.com/search/article/933966 By Glenn Sacks -- Fathers and Families 1/4/2010 "Gonzalez’s lawyer, Denise Placencio, argued that West staged the entire incident because of a bitter child-custody dispute." Read the entire article: http://www.fathersandfamilies.org/?p=5614 By Muncie Star Press - Indiana 1/5/2010 "...Ross allegedly jabbed her boyfriend in the eye after an argument started when the results of a home paternity test showed her newborn son was not his. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.thestarpress.com/article/20100105/BUSTED/100105036/1002/NEWS01 By Deceiver.com 12/24/2009 "...But didn’t Mary J. Blige just open a domestic-violence shelter in New York last month?..." Read the entire article: http://deceiver.com/2009/12/24/domestic-violence-crusader-mary-j-blige-slugs-husband/ By New York Post 12/22/2009 "Mary J. Blige punched husband Kendu Isaacs in the face at her record release party at club M2 Tuesday night. The singer slugged Isaacs, drawing blood, after she thought he was flirting with a waitress." By Englewood Herald – Colorado 12/22/2009 "...Village Police have charged a Monticello woman with damaging a 2004 BMW 754i with a hammer and dresser drawer in a dispute with a man over child support. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.catskillsnews.com/News/2009/December09/22/York_arr-22Dec09.html By FoxNews.com 12/11/2009 "A Louisiana woman is charged with getting back at her sleeping boyfriend after a fight by scalding him with a pot of boiling grits." Read the entire article: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,580012,00.html By E-Online 12/15/2009 "...I know that if she is given notice she will destroy all of my belongings, she will rage against me and hit me, she will use my instrument in the apartment as a weapon against me as she has demonstrated her will and capability in the past."..." Read the entire article: http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/b158137_very_brady_death_threat.html?utm_source=eonline&utm_medium=rssfeeds&utm_campaign=rss_topstories By The Washington Post 12/8/2009 "For nearly five days, police said, Veronica D. Deramous kept the pregnant woman, bound with duct tape, inside her Suitland apartment, giving her food and drink to keep her alive. Deramous wanted the woman's unborn baby girl, police said, and was willing to get it by any means." Read the entire article: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/07/AR2009120703630.html By National Post 12/8/2009 "...But they're only men, so who cares. Not feminists. One of the great curiosities of the feminist movement is their indifference to male victimization by both male and female perpetrators. ..." By The Frisky 11/25/2009 "Ever since Tiger Woods was in that car accident last week and rumors swirled that his wife Elin Nordegren had scratched his face during a fight (and may have gone after him with a golf club) there’s been buzz about female-on-male domestic violence." Read the entire article: http://www.thefrisky.com/post/246-thoughts-from-guys-on-our-im-has-a-girlfriend-ever-hit-you/ By Dr. Tara J. Palmatier -- Mens News Daily 11/30/2009 "Ain’t love grand! Being involved with an emotionally and/or physically abusive woman can do quite a number on you." Read the entire article: http://mensnewsdaily.com/2009/11/30/betrayal-trauma-how-men-are-affected-by-abusive-women/ The Christian Post 12/7/2009 "A county judge exonerated gospel music star BeBe Winans from the accusation of domestic abuse Friday, dismissing all charges with prejudice." Read the entire article: http://www.christianpost.com/article/20091207/bebe-winans-cleared-of-assault-charges/ By Cathy Young -- Reason 12/4/2009 "As the news of golf superstar Tiger Woods' alleged multiple affairs spills all over the media, a fascinating—and disturbing—subplot to the story has become a revealing litmus test of societal attitudes toward gender and domestic violence." Read the entire article: http://reason.com/archives/2009/12/04/tiger-woods-and-domestic-viole By KTLA.com 12/7/2009 "...In one skit, it was reported at a news conference that Woods confessed to "multiple transgressions" - and that as a result of his admission, Woods ends up back in the hospital, this time because he fell down steps and threw himself through a plate glass window. At a later news conference, Woods appears with his "wife" holding a golf club in her hands. He noted: "Wow, I've been really clumsy this week.".." Read the entire article and watch the skit: http://www.ktla.com/news/landing/ktla-tiger-snl-skit,0,2047861.story By FoxNews.com 11/24/2009 "Women can be cruel, and they often do cruel things to men. Despite their reputation as the fairer sex, when it comes to relationships, sometimes women can be downright nasty." Read the entire article: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,576585,00.html?sPage=fnc/health/men By Politics Daily 11/13/2009 "Two viral videos of girl-on-girl and woman-on-woman violence grabbed the world by the throat this week and raised the question: Are American females becoming more violent?" Read the entire article: http://www.politicsdaily.com/2009/11/13/are-women-becoming-more-violent/
By Radio New Zealand News 11/19/2009 "The principal Family Court Judge is calling for a radical re-think in the prevention of and intervention in domestic violence." Read the entire article: http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2009/11/19/1245d40464d5 By The News Star 11/9/2009 "...The victim told police his wife accused him of cheating on her and hit him in the face during an argument, the arrest affidavit said. Police said the victim had a three inch cut on his face. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.thenewsstar.com/article/20091109/UPDATES01/91109036 By USA Today.com 11/12/2009 "..."I was blown away," he said of first learning of the allegations. "It shocked me. It hurt. Because people that know me and that I'm close with know this is ridiculous."..." Read the entire article: http://content.usatoday.com/communities/thehuddle/post/2009/11/ben-roethlisberger-says-bond-with-teammates-has-helped-him-weather-sexual-assault-accusations/1 By San Francisco Chronicle 11/10/2009 "A San Francisco woman has been arrested in what police described as the domestic-violence slaying of a 42-year-old man bludgeoned to death in a Sixth Street hotel, authorities said Monday." Read the entire article: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/11/10/BAE21AHH11.DTL By Trudy Schuett -- Domestic Violence Examiner 11/7/2009 "Yesterday, I noticed in my Google alerts the latest of a long line of hateful screeds directed at anyone who dares challenge the validity and/or usefulness of the Violence Against Women Act. In it, I found the usual litany of attack phrases about bullying and stupidity, not to mention the veiled accusations of criminal activity." Read the entire article: http://www.examiner.com/x-12866-Domestic-Violence-Examiner~y2009m11d7-What-is-the-Violence-Against-Women-Act-about By HeraldTribune.com 11/6/2009 "...Bell, first elected in 2000, later told an investigative panel it appeared to him the woman was the primary aggressor, and that the deputy exhibited gender bias by arresting the ex-husband, disciplinary records show. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20091106/ARTICLE/911069999/2416?Title=F By Kathryn Joyce -- Double X 11/5/2009 "...RADAR’s rhetoric may seem overblown, but lately the group and its many partners have been racking up very real accomplishments. In 2008, the organization claimed to have blocked passage of four federal domestic-violence bills, among them an expansion of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) to international scope and a grant to support lawyers in pro bono domestic-violence work. Members of this coalition have gotten themselves onto drafting committees for VAWA’s 2011 reauthorization. Local groups in West Virginia and California have also had important successes, criminalizing false claims of domestic violence in custody cases, and winning rulings that women-only shelters are discriminatory. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.doublex.com/print/9316
By Washington Post 11/5/2009 "The National Organization for Women called on the Oakland Raiders to suspend coach Tom Cable while the team investigates allegations he has a history of violent behavior toward women." Read the entire article: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/05/AR2009110503558.html
By Connecticut Law Tribune 11/2/2009 "...But the defendant, Fernando A., whose full name is not released in court records, said the two were divorcing and his wife fabricated the attack story to gain leverage in family court proceedings. Fernando A., however, never got a chance after his arraignment to object to the order of protection issued against him that prevented him from seeing his children. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.ctlawtribune.com/getarticle.aspx?ID=35377 By York Daily Record - Pennsylvania 10/27/2009 "Just after 1 p.m., a former boyfriend was visiting the mother of his child at an apartment in the first block of West Broad Street when an argument took place over child support concerning their 9-month-old daughter, according to York Area Regional Police Sgt. Rod Varner. During the argument, the girlfriend got a large kitchen knife and cut her ex-boyfriend in the arm and abdomen, he said. He was taken to York Hospital by ambulance, he said." Read the entire article: http://ydr.inyork.com/ci_13644287 By DNA 10/27/2009 "Three years since the Protection of women from Domestic Violence (DV) Act was enforced, the Indian Family Foundation (IFF), comprising husbands allegedly victimised by the misuse of the law, demanded a law to protect them from abusive wives." Read the entire article: http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report_there-is-a-welfare-ministry-for-women-why-not-one-for-men_1303548 By Naples Daily News 10/28/2009 "...“She is a deadbeat mom and owes me close to $15,000 in child support,” Ballard said of the alleged victim, adding that he has custody of their 6-year-old daughter. Ballard said Amy Nicole Engel, 36, also known as Amy Brownlow, is the mother of his child and made up the kidnapping story. Court records show he obtained a domestic violence restraining order against her and she was sentenced to probation after violating it, and spent time in jail here. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2009/oct/28/federal-kidnapping-charges-dropped-against-estates/ By Dugald McConnell -- CNN 10/21/2009 "A 22-year-old woman whose claims that she was abused in a trailer in rural West Virginia in 2007 helped send six people to prison now says she made up the story, her lawyer said Wednesday. "She is recanting her entire story," attorney Byron Potts told reporters in Columbus, Ohio, about his client, Megan Williams, who moved there after the incident. "She says it did not happen. She fabricated it."..." Read the entire article: http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/10/21/assault.recanted/index.html?iref=mpstoryview
By Trudy Schuett -- Domestic Violence Examiner 10/22/2009 "In a story that appeared this morning, the Shreveport Times reported on a citywide sweep to clear about 75 warrants, which netted 19 arrests. What is notable about this story is that the first person to be mentioned was a woman." Read the entire article: http://www.examiner.com/x-12866-Domestic-Violence-Examiner~y2009m10d22-Shreveport-Times-recognizes-domestic-violence-is-not-a-gender-issue By Crosscut -- Seattle 10/19/2009 "...Didn’t matter. The prosecutor (who was about 14) demanded that the judge impose a two-year no-contact order, based on the police report — which included at least half a dozen weird, factual errors, including that the altercation started because J “refused to kiss [me]” and that we were recent transplants from the East Coast. ..." Read the entire article: http://crosscut.com/blog/crosscut/19135/# By Trudy W. Schuett -- Domestic Violence Examiner 10/15/2009 "As the 15th anniversary of the Violence Against Women Act arrived last month, supporters from the president and vice-president, to people in charge of small, local programs lauded the Violence Against Women Act as something special – as if it was a real solution that was vitally necessary." Read the entire article: http://www.examiner.com/x-12866-Domestic-Violence-Examiner~y2009m10d15-15-years-of-the-Violence-Against-Women-Act-its-tragic-consequences
By WVGazette.com 10/8/2009 "A Kanawha County Circuit judge has voided West Virginia's regulations for domestic violence programs, saying they discriminate by denying abused men access to publicly funded shelters and women abusers access to treatment." Read the entire article: http://wvgazette.com/ap/ApTopStories/200910080468 By Trudy Schuett -- Examiner.com 10/7/2009 "A West Virginia court has found that the fundamental beliefs of the West Virginia Coaliton Against Domestic Violence (which the court refers to as a "private trade association") are "gender-biased," and this violates the terms of the state's Domestic Violence Act. The court also says: "Every person, regardless of gender, enjoys a statutory right to participation in and receipt of domestic violence services offered by facilities licensed and funded in whole or in part by the state of West Virginia.".." Read the entire article: http://www.examiner.com/x-12866-Domestic-Violence-Examiner~y2009m10d7-WV-court-says-states-Coalition-Against-Domestic-Violence-is-biased-in-violation-of-law Praxis International encourages domestic violence, when properly appliedThursday, 24 September 2009
By Trudy Schuett -- Domestic Violence Examiner 9/24/2009 "...I wouldn't have known anything about this org but for an e-mail I got from Marc Angelucci, of NCFM. The e-mail was about the outrage felt by participants at the recent Washington State Domestic Violence Coalition (WSDVC) annual conference, where Amanda McCormick, (left) an employee of Praxis said with a grin, "I think I know a lot of men who deserve to be beaten," during her keynote address. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-12866-Domestic-Violence-Examiner~y2009m9d24-Praxis-International-encourages-domestic-violence-when-properly-applied By CNN.com 9/16/2009 "Charges have been dropped against four men accused of raping an 18-year-old student at Hofstra University after the woman recanted her allegations, prosecutors said." Read the entire article: http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/09/16/hofstra.rape/index.html?iref=werecommend By CNN.com 9/8/9 "...Jon told interviewer Chris Cuomo, "I was abused. I went through therapy." His message to Kate via the cameras? "Help me out. Go to therapy. Give me closure."..." Read the entire article: By Brandi Fowler and Breanne L. Heldman -- E Online 9/7/2009 "..."I was verbally abused," the 32-year-old accuses. "I was beaten down. She separated me from my family. She used to hold the kids over my head and say, 'Don't spend time with your mom, spend time with your kids.' Why can't I spend time with my mom and kids together?"..." Read the entire article: http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/index.jsp?author=brandi+fowler+and+breanne+l.+heldman Then there was the name calling and put-downs... By WMTW.com 9/8/2009 "The number of women being arrested for domestic assault is on the rise in Maine. The Department of Public Safety said 1,067 women were charged with assaulting men in 2008. That's a 38 percent increase from the 770 women charged five years ago." Read the entire article: http://www.wmtw.com/news/20793445/detail.html By Ally Fogg -- The Guardian UK 9/6/2009 "The debate on domestic violence (DV) statistics took a fascinating turn last week. Recent years have seen numerous surveys which suggest that incidents involving male victims and female perpetrators are more common than had previously been assumed. Men's charities have long argued that the official crime figures significantly under-represent the problem, because so few men report abuse to the authorities, and those that do are likely to be disbelieved, often to the extent of being arrested themselves when police arrive." Read the entire article: http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/sep/06/domestic-violence-police-male-victims By New Jersey Star Ledger 8/25/2009 "Child welfare workers too often overlooked family problems caused by mental illness, domestic violence, and drug and alcohol addiction before children died from abuse and neglect in 2007, according to a report issued yesterday by the New Jersey Child Fatality and Near Fatality Review Board." Read the entire article: http://www.nj.com/news/ledger/jersey/index.ssf?/base/news-14/1251165315286280.xml&coll=1 By Herald Tribune 8/10/2009 "A 39-year-old Bradenton man was arrested Saturday night on charges of domestic battery after a dispute that began when he was awakened by his live-in girlfriend talking in her sleep, a police report states." Read the entire article: http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20090810/BREAKING/908109972/0/SPORTS By Robert Preidt -- Medline Plus 8/4/2009 "Screening for domestic violence in doctors' offices, clinics and hospitals does little to reduce subsequent incidents of violence, Canadian researchers have found." Read the entire article: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/news/fullstory_87727.html By Glenn Sacks, M.A. and Ned Holstein, M.D. -- MSN Lifestyle "Four Sacramento County Sheriff's cars pulled up in front of David Woods's house. He tried to explain to them what happened. But the lead deputy cut him off: "Yeah, that's fine. Put your hands behind your back." David said, "No, wait, she stabbed me ... there's the knife. See the knife? See my neck wound? See?"..." Read the entire article: http://lifestyle.msn.com/your-life/bigger-picture/article.aspx?cp-documentid=20968901&page=0 By Pam Baker -- SanLuisObispo.com 7/30/2009 "...According to the Department of Justice report on the National Violence Against Women Survey, nearly 900,000 men are victims of physical violence by a domestic partner. That roughly translates to a man being beaten every 38 seconds. The government counts both heterosexual and homosexual male victims of abuse in the study. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.sanluisobispo.com/living/family_relationships/story/799385.html By Andy Dolan DailyMail - UK 8/3/2009 "Supporters of a women's refuge were 'shocked and stunned' to be told it is being closed - because it does not cater for men. By Trudy Schuett -- The Examiner 7/27/2009 "...The 2005 document put out by the NCADV with federal funding to suggest themes for Domestic Violence Awareness Month is entitled, Action for Social Change. For 111 pages, this PDF goes on about things like the language used to talk about the issues, finding new groups of victims to claim, and items such as graphic diagrams of the special ways handicapped and elderly women, even babies are victimized. There are sources cited that once again blame men and the “patriarchy” for the continuing oppression of women. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.examiner.com/x-12866-Domestic-Violence-Examiner~y2009m7d27-Domestic-Violence-101-The-personal-vs-the-political By Delores Handy -- wbur.org 7/23/2009 "...Despite the growing number of women seeking help, there are still many victims in the shadows — male victims. Research shows women assault their partners nearly as often as men. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.wbur.org/2009/07/23/male-domestic-violence By Cathy Young -- Boston Globe Editorial 7/16/2009 "LYNN Rosenthal, a veteran of the battered women’s advocacy movement, was named to the new post of White House counsel on violence against women on June 26. On the same day, a conference opened in Los Angeles disputing the basic tenets of the movement Rosenthal represents - such as the view that domestic violence is overwhelmingly a male crime against women rooted in patriarchal power. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2009/07/16/battered_women___and_men/ -- Baltimore Sun 7/16/2009 "Police recently concluded that former Baltimore Ravens star Steve McNair was shot dead in his sleep by girlfriend Sahel Kazemi in a murder-suicide. Yet while there are more than 10,000 media entries on Google News for "Steve McNair," only a few of them mention the phrase "domestic violence."..." Read the entire article: http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/oped/bal-op.mcnair16jul16,0,5844465.story
By Les Carpenter -- Washington Post 7/9/2009 "Former NFL quarterback Steve McNair was shot four times and killed by his girlfriend Sahel Kazemi, who then used the same gun to shoot herself in the head, according to a Nashville police investigation and Tennessee Bureau of Investigation report." Read the entire article: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/08/AR2009070803900.html By FoxNews.com 7/12/2009 "Brazilian authorities detained the wife of former boxing champion Arturo Gatti and formally accused her Sunday of killing him at an upmarket seaside tourist resort in Brazil." Read the entire article: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,531770,00.html By Christina Hoff Sommers -- American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research 6/29/2009 ""Harder to kill than a vampire." That is what the sociologist Joel Best calls a bad statistic. But, as I have discovered over the years, among false statistics the hardest of all to slay are those promoted by feminist professors. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.aei.org/article/100695 By Miami Herald Sports 6/26/2009 "...After a process of thorough screenings and background checks, Riley is just as confident that Pat Beverley and Robert Dozier have regained their footing after a few missteps in their college careers. Neither Beverley nor Dozier were charged or arrested for a crime in college. But they arrive to the NBA having emerged from off-the-court incidents that included claims of academic fraud, domestic assault, accepting money from an agent and failure to pay child support. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/story/1116205.html By FresnoBee.com 6/26/2009 "Authorities said a couple got into a fight using Cheetos. The Bedford County Sheriff's Department said a 40-year-old man and 44-year-old woman became involved in a 'verbal altercation.' Somehow, the orange puffy snacks were used in the assault. Deputies said they were charged with domestic assault. No one was hurt." Read the entire article: http://www.fresnobee.com/oddnews/story/1499642.html By Trudy Schuett -- Examiner.com 6/27/2009 "Farrah Fawcett will mostly be remembered as a Charlie’s Angels chick and a pinup girl, but her performance in the Burning Bed was a durable, yet regrettable legacy. Sadly, the 1984 made-for-TV movie that portrayed premeditated murder as not only excusable, but heroic, won’t go with her. ...The movie however, helped establish a framework for dozens of later theatrical and TV movies that depict men as dangerous, violent abusers and women as saintly victims with nowhere to turn for help." Read the entire article: http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-12866-Domestic-Violence-Examiner~y2009m6d27-Farrah-Fawcetts-Burning-Bed-legacy
By Trudy Schuett -- Examiner.com 6/29/2009 "Male and female perpetrators of domestic violence exhibit similar levels of controlling behaviour. This is one of the findings of a study presented at the British Psychological Society Division of Forensic Psychology annual conference 23 June 2009 at the University of Central Lancashire, Preston." Read the entire article: http://www.examiner.com/x-12866-Domestic-Violence-Examiner~y2009m6d29-Psychologists-examine-role-of-control-in-domestic-violence By Arizona Daily Star - Arizona 6/11/2009 "State lawmakers took the first steps Wednesday toward letting people seeking a divorce to gain a financial advantage by claiming marital misconduct. On a 4-2 margin, the Senate Committee on Public Safety and Human Services voted to repeal a law that requires judges to decide issues of alimony and child support "without regard to marital misconduct." The change would permit introduction of evidence of everything from domestic violence and cheating to wasting money." Read the entire article: http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/fromcomments/296582.php
By ScienceDaily.com 5/20/2009 "Domestic violence can happen to men, not only to women, according to Group Health research in the June American Journal of Preventive Medicine. "Domestic violence in men is under-studied and often hidden--much as it was in women 10 years ago," said study leader Robert J. Reid, MD, PhD, an associate investigator at the Group Health Center for Health Studies. "We want abused men to know they're not alone."...." Read the entire article: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/05/080519083020.htm By Mike Allen -- Roanoke Times - Virginia 6/2/2009 "Almost two years after Jason Lamond Faulkner shot his pregnant ex-girlfriend in an altercation, the 24-year-old's capital murder case still had not gone to trial. New evidence hampered the prosecution's case, as a previously uncooperative witness came forward to testify that Tasha LaShay Nowlin was carrying a knife when she confronted Faulkner and started to punch him the night of June 9, 2007. Yet Nowlin was pregnant when Faulkner fatally shot her, and the defense faced the prospect of prosecutors showing the jury photographs of Nowlin's deceased unborn baby. The two sides reached a compromise that played out in court Monday afternoon. Martinsville Commonwealth's Attorney Joan Ziglar reduced the murder charge from capital to second-degree, and Faulkner pleaded guilty to that charge, as well as to shooting from an occupied vehicle, discharging a firearm in city limits, use of a firearm in a felony and possession of a firearm as a convicted felon. The two sides made no agreement as to what Faulkner's sentence will be. At his July 17 sentencing, he faces a mandatory minimum of five years and a maximum possible punishment of 63 years." Read the entire article: http://www.roanoke.com/news/roanoke/wb/206895 By Mayo Clinic.com "Domestic violence against men isn't always easy to recognize, but it can be a serious threat. Consider ways to break the cycle. Women are more often the victims of domestic violence — but domestic violence affects men, too. Understand the signs of domestic violence against men, and know how to get help. Recognize domestic violence against men ....Domestic violence — also known as domestic abuse, battering or intimate partner violence — occurs between people in an intimate relationship. Domestic violence against men can take many forms, including emotional, sexual and physical abuse. It can happen in heterosexual or homosexual relationships." Read the entire article: http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/domestic-violence-against-men/MY00557
By YahooNews.com 5/18/2009 "A 78-year-old woman arrested last month for allegedly beating her 84-year-old husband because she believed he cheated on her several times during their marriage was charged Thursday with assault. Prosecutors said she hit him with a bowl, pipe and carpet sweeper. He suffered broken ribs, pelvis and a wrist. One witness told police the woman admitted kicking her husband three times in the groin in the last six months because she believed he had an affair 35 years ago." Read the entire article: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090519/ap_on_fe_st/us_odd_marriage_grudge By Steve Schmadeke | ChicagoTribune.com 4/15/2009 "A 12-year-old Olympia Fields boy's Easter suicide could mean that domestic battery charges brought about two weeks ago against his father—who is alleged to have beaten the boy for not letting out the dog—will be dropped. ...Shelton said his client is devastated by his son's death and is grieving with his wife. Capehart denies ever striking the boy and plans to fight the charges if the case continues, he said. Police responding to a 911 hang-up call at the family's home on March 30 found Daniel Capehart, 31, on the driveway with a 6-inch cut on his forehead, said Andy Conklin, a spokesman for the state's attorney's office. Capehart's wife told police he had come home drunk and punched Menyarri in the chest for "not letting the dog out before school," Conklin said. The blow caused Menyarri to lose his breath, he said. After Capehart's wife told him "not to touch her son like that," he threw food at her and was coming after her when she struck him with a frying pan, Conklin said. She has not been charged." Read the entire article: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-teen-suicide-battery-charge-apr15,0,7141500.story By The Eagle.com 4/13/2009 "Some hospitals report seeing more than twice as many shaken babies as a year ago. Deaths from domestic violence have increased sharply in some areas. Calls to domestic-violence hotlines have risen, too, and more than half the callers said their families' financial situation has changed recently. Across the country, these and other signs point to another troubling effect of the recession: The American home is becoming more violent, and the ailing economy could be at least partially to blame. ..."Our children and families are suffering," said Alane Fagin, who runs a Long Island nonprofit group called Child Abuse Prevention Services. "With more layoffs expected, the threat of foreclosure looming over so many and our savings disappearing, even the best parents can feel stressed out and overwhelmed. ....Not everyone is convinced domestic violence and child abuse are increasing. "So far from what I've read there is no evidence that is the case," said Ben Tanzer of Chicago-based Prevent Child Abuse. "Certainly we're concerned that certain communities may be in crisis, but we just don't know. ....Amy Wicks, a spokeswoman with the National Center on Shaken Baby Syndrome, said her organization has received reports from pediatricians around the country concerned about an increase in cases. "It's not just shaken baby; it's other forms of physical abuse," Wicks said. "A lot of fathers, or male caregivers, have been laid off and now they're home with the screaming baby. Sometimes the stress of a crying baby is just too much on top of everything else."..." Read the entire article: http://www.theeagle.com/nation/Economy-may-boost-violence-in-families | ChicagoTribune -- 3/20/2009 "The wife of a top suburban Republican filed for divorce Thursday, less than two weeks after she was charged with attacking him after discovering he brought two alleged prostitutes into the family home in Inverness. Eni Skoien sued Gary Skoien, her husband of nearly 13 years, and is seeking a court order to bar him from removing their three young children from the state. Gary Skoien, who is the Palatine Township GOP committeeman, has denied that the two women his wife found with him in the children's playroom were prostitutes. His wife was charged with domestic battery after Skoien told Barrington-Inverness police that she punched him and hit him with a toy guitar on March 8, according to court records. He later obtained an order of protection." Read the entire article: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-skoien-divorce-20-mar20,0,5670768.story By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press Writer 2/25/2009 "The Supreme Court on Tuesday affirmed the use of a federal law barring people convicted of domestic violence crimes from owning guns, the first firearms case at the high court since last year’s decision in support of gun rights. The court, in a 7-2 decision, said state laws against battery need not specifically mention domestic violence to fall under the domestic violence gun ban that was enacted in 1996. It is enough, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg wrote in her majority opinion, that the victim of such a crime be involved in a domestic relationship with the attacker." Read the entire article: http://www.timesleader.com/news/Court_affirms_gun_law_in_domestic_violence_cases_02-25-2009.html
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