The Grammar of Male Violence

The Grammar of Male Violence
By Jenny Ruby
in Off Our BacksOur use of language in discussing violence works to disguise to the point of invisibility the perpetrators of most of the violence done in the world. One especially egregious and pervasive misuse of language is the focus on women as the victims and not on men [...]

Sex Offender Registration in Indian Country

Available online:
2008 Report of the National Roundtable on Sex Offender Registration and Notification in Indian Country

Woman killed after police failed to arrest man who violated restraining order

One day before Andres Vargas shot his wife Bonnie with an assault rifle, San Antonio police contacted Vargas and told him to leave his wife alone, but did not arrest him for violating Bonnie’s protective order.
Last year, all officers were told to secure arrest warrants immediately for most family violence suspects, including those who commit [...]

Troubling link in domestic violence cases

Source: Boston.com
Immigrants account for a disturbingly high share of domestic violence deaths in Massachusetts, advocates say, raising fears that the nation’s heated immigration debate is deterring abuse victims from seeking help.
In Framingham last week, an undocumented immigrant whose husband had beaten her for two days called a hot line in tears, saying she was too [...]

Law enforcement response after Macias

The Purple Beret web site has a story on what, if anything, changed in Sonoma County, California, after the Maria Teresa Macias case. 
In October 1996 the Macias civil rights lawsuit was filed against the Sonoma County Sheriff Mark Ihde. The suit claimed that the Sheriff’s Department repeatedly denied Maria Teresa Macias’ constitutional right to equal protection in its [...]

World Rural Women’s Day & Domestic Violence Awareness Month

TAKE ACTION IN OCTOBER
World Rural Women’s Day and Domestic Violence Awareness Month:
An Intersection of Issues
One of the uniquely rural issues around domestic violence is found at the intersection of violence against women and the lack of recognition for and undervaluation of rural women’s work, including the contribution of farm wives to family farms and [...]

World Rural Women’s Day & Domestic Violence Awareness Month

TAKE ACTION IN OCTOBER
World Rural Women’s Day and Domestic Violence Awareness Month:
An Intersection of Issues
One of the uniquely rural issues around domestic violence is found at the intersection of violence against women and the lack of recognition for and undervaluation of rural women’s work, including the contribution of farm wives to family farms and [...]

Students help create web site on teen dating violence

Source
NEWTON, Kansas

An estimated one in three teens report being the victim of teen dating violence, and representatives of the Harvey County Domestic Violence/Sexual Assault Task Force said Newton is no different.
And the issue of violence can start early.
“As a rural community, we would like to think that we do not have kids in school dating [...]

Five Women Buried Alive – Media Ignore It

Five Women Buried Alive — and the Media Ignore It
Riane Eisler, Source AlterNet. September 6, 2008
Last month, the U.S. media were full of stories about the resignation of Pervez Musharraf as president of Pakistan. But another event that same week in Pakistan — that tribesmen buried five young women alive for wanting to choose their [...]

Sacred Circle Training in October

SACRED CIRCLE TRAINING
OCT. 6 – 10
Rapid City, SD
Complete information from Sacred Circle (PDF)
Sacred Circle Website
The Ending Violence Against Native Women Training Institute provides a strong foundation for advocates and their allies to work effectively within their own programs and within a coordinated response. The Institute begins with a two day plenary session to help build [...]

Some rural vs. urban violence facts

The less densely populated a place and the greater its distance from an urban area, the more likely a killer is to be a family member or intimate partner of his (or her) victim. Adria Gallup-Black, Rural and Urban Trends in Family and Intimate Partner Homicide: 1980-1999 (2004).
Rural perpetrators of intimate abuse are nearly twice [...]

Man Sentenced for Human Trafficking, Alien Smuggling

Wednesday, September 3, 2008
WWW.USDOJ.GOV
Man Sentenced for Human Trafficking, Alien Smuggling Charges in Florida

WASHINGTON – Juan Luis Cadena-Sosa was sentenced today on federal civil rights violations for conspiring to smuggle Mexican women and girls into the United States and forcing them to engage in prostitution by means of intimidation, violence and threats of physical harm, announced [...]

$1 Million Judgment in Sexual Harassment Case Against Landlord

Source: U.S. Department of Justice
WASHINGTON – The Justice Department today announced that former Cincinnati landlord, James G. Mitchell, and his company, Land Baron Enterprises, agreed to pay $1 million in monetary damages and a civil penalty, after admitting that they violated the Fair Housing Act (FHA). This is the largest monetary settlement the Department has [...]

U.S. v. Hayes Pending in U.S. Supreme Court

United States v. Hayes
Docket: 07-608
Citation: None
Petitioner: United States
Respondent: Randy Hayes
Facts of the Case
Under West Virginia law, it is unlawful for any person who has been convicted of a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence to possess a firearm. In 1994, Randy Hayes pled guilty in West Virginia to a misdemeanor battery offense after striking his [...]

DV is common thread to increasing numbers of Maine homicides

A terrible year for homicide
Twenty-five people have been the victims of homicide in Maine so far this year, the highest number in the last nine years, public safety officials reported this month. More than half are cases of alleged domestic violence and four of the victims were children under the age of 3.
And four months [...]

10th Circuit Court Ruling Blocks Domestic Abusers from Getting Guns

Brady Center Hails Court Ruling Blocking Domestic Abusers From Getting Guns
Aug. 27, 2008
WASHINGTON, Aug 27, 2008 /PRNewswire-USNewswire via COMTEX/ — The 10th Circuit Court of Appeals yesterday upheld a federal trial court ruling blocking a Wyoming law that would allow convicted domestic violence abusers to possess firearms. The court in Wyoming v. United States, as [...]

Report on Children with Parents in Prison

AN ESTIMATED 809,800 INMATES IN THE NATION’S PRISONS WERE PARENTS TO 1,706,600 MINOR CHILDREN AT MIDYEAR 2007
           WASHINGTON – An estimated 809,800 prisoners of the 1,518,535 held in the nation’s prison at midyear 2007 were parents of minor children, according to a report by the Justice Department’s Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS). Parents in [...]

Evaluating Children’s Advocacy Center’s Response to Child Sexual Abuse

Evaluating Children’s Advocacy Centers’ Response to Child Sexual Abuse
(NCJ 218530) August 2008
Bulletin, 12 page(s)
Describes an evaluation of the effectiveness of four prominent Children’s Advocacy Centers and comparison communities in coordinating child abuse investigations and providing victim services. The Bulletin examines the role these centers play in child abuse investigations and suggests ways that the centers [...]

Former Talk Radio Host Sentenced to 87 months in Prison for Distributing Child Pornography

Former Talk Radio Host Sentenced to 87 Months in Prison for Distributing Child Pornography
August 28, 2008
WASHINGTON – Bernard V. Ward, 57, a San Francisco resident who previously worked as a radio station talk show host, was sentenced today to serve 87 months in prison, followed by a lifetime of supervised release, Acting Assistant Attorney General [...]

U.S. District Court Judge Charged with Attempted Aggravated Sexual Abuse and Abusive Sexual Contact

U.S. District Court Judge Charged with Attempted Aggravated Sexual Abuse and Abusive Sexual Contact
August 28, 2008
WASHINGTON – U.S. District Court Judge Samuel B. Kent, 59, was indicted today by a federal grand jury in Houston for allegedly attempting aggravated sexual abuse and for abusive sexual touching of a clerk’s office employee, Acting Assistant Attorney General [...]