Domestic Violence

For many victims of domestic violence, being detained by customs or border enforcement agencies can re-open or exacerbate past traumas.

Extreme risk protection orders have worked at the state level.

Participants who saw trigger warnings before reading or watching upsetting content felt as negative afterwards as those who did not.

Many programs and shelters that address dating violence and sexual abuse are without funding.

In his ruling, Judge Emmet Sullivan argued that the government ought to consider asylum requests on a case-by-case basis.

A viral Thrillist story about a burger joint left out domestic abuse charges against the owner—but intimate partner violence isn't a private issue.

Abused women are five times more likely to be killed if the perpetrator owns a firearm.

Misogyny isn't a bug in white supremacist thought—it's a feature.

In a new report, 73 percent of respondents said they stayed with an abusive partner because of economic reasons.

One congresswoman wants to use the landmark legislation to close the boyfriend loophole for domestic abusers.

The consequences of immigration law can keep spouses trapped in abusive relationships.

New research shows that current boyfriends or girlfriends are more likely than spouses to engage in certain types of violent behavior.

Pacific Standard spoke with Kara Bellew, a partner at a matrimonial and family law firm, about the best route for survivors to seek a divorce, and how abusers are able to manipulate the legal system.

The attorney general's decision to bar domestic abuse survivors from obtaining asylum seems out of step with a country engaged in a burgeoning movement against assault, advocates say.

For years advocates have wondered: How can abusers effectively be held accountable for stalking, harassing, assaulting, threatening, or killing their current and former partners? Kingston, New York, might have an answer.

Despite growing evidence that abusers often use custody battles to retain control over their former spouses, Congress is still punting on basic protections for survivors.

The Central Asian nation has a far greater number of female prisoners jailed for murder of a male family member than other countries in the region.

Writer-director Leena Yadav talks about injecting Sex in the City-style humor into a movie about a crisis in women's rights.

In New Zealand, you can ask the police, thanks to a new policy designed to combat the nation's domestic violence epidemic.

A distinct criminological profile emerges when researchers study the men and women who kill family members.

Two studies show that fighting domestic violence just isn't that easy.

A conversation about the limitations of the “broken windows” theory and our unreasonable expectations of the police.

The Violence Against Women Act, signed into law by President Clinton in 1994, has radically changed the way Americans think about sexual and domestic violence. But recent evidence suggests that VAWA has protected certain populations of Americans far better than others.

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