LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY)- In the late 1970’s, women’s advocates started the battered women shelter movement. It spread across the nation and evolved into family justice centers and batterers intervention ...

Over the past year, Northwest Montana has begun making inroads to address domestic violence through a legislative proposal aimed at protecting victims and the addition of three victim advocates in ...

National figures comparing batterer-intervention programs are hard to come by. A 2003 U.S. Justice Department report by Shelly Jackson reviewed 35 such studies–but not Gilligan’s–and found them hard ...

BRENTWOOD — Daniel Hammond might have had two years behind bars for threatening to shoot his ex-girlfriend and her daughter had a batterer's intervention program been offered in the county jail.

The New York City Council’s Committee on Women and Gender Equity and Committee on the Justice System held a joint hearing on Wednesday to examine the effectiveness of the city’s programs meant to ...

Francine Garland Stark is the executive director of the Maine Coalition to End Domestic Violence. A new law will put money behind programs designed to change the behavior of domestic violence ...

“I am afraid for my life, but I am having to pretend everything is okay to everyone around.” This was part of a message sent to the Alcoa anonymous tip line from a woman claiming she was being ...

We welcome new members to our support group. Ask about online participation options if you can't attend in person. Let us know if you're interested. We can give you the timings and discuss costs and ...

Franklin County Municipal Court wants to interrupt the cycle of domestic violence by educating convicted abusers who are on probation. The new Batterers Intervention Program is accepting referrals now ...

We welcome new members to our support group. Ask about online participation options if you can't attend in person. Let us know if you're interested. We can give you the timings and discuss costs and ...