Next City reports on One Safe Place in Houston, a public domestic violence shelter that empowers survivors by maintaining ...

When victims of domestic violence speak to law enforcement, miscommunication and misunderstanding is common, even when all parties are fluent English speakers. Confronted by an authority figure who ...

(This story has been updated to correct the name of the Columbus police liaison unit behind the initiative.) The Columbus Division of Police is spearheading an initiative to provide domestic violence ...

Domestic violence includes any form of abuse within a household, including intimate partner violence and family abuse. It can affect anyone, regardless of gender or sexuality. A 2020 review found that ...

A number of factors can dissuade or prevent survivors from reporting domestic violence, so it’s difficult to understand just how common it is. Domestic violence is the broad term for behavior designed ...

Emotional abuse is domestic violence and a crime. Several institutions and organizations offer support to those who experience emotional abuse or any other type of domestic violence. People may think ...

Gene Feder receives funding from the UK National Institute of Health Research and the Medical Research Council. He is a board member of IRISi, a social enterprise that implements domestic violence ...

The R. Kelly case of alleged sexual exploitation, violence, and coercive control raises complex questions for most of us—as well as the judge and jury. People may wonder how R. Kelly managed to ...

The last thing Sheila wanted to do on May 21 was drive her car. Getting behind the wheel with a concussion, multiple skull hematomas, and bruises and abrasions across her body was a decidedly bad idea ...

SAVANNAH, Ga. – Latrelle Huff says her twins were conceived by rape. Now she blames domestic violence for her children's health problems. The Georgia woman says she had been in an abusive, on-and-off ...

Alaska and Arkansas feature prominently in a Newsweek analysis of crime statistics from across America that uncover the most dangerous states for women, based on rates of murder, sexual violence and ...

ABILENE, Texas — Just in time for Domestic Violence Awareness Month, the Noah Project has announced that they are going to be adding a new wing to their facility in Abilene. "Thanks to the very ...