A new report published by Australia's National Research Organisation for Women's Safety (ANROWS) shows that women with disability suffer higher rates of partner violence than the wider population of women.
Jun 25, 2020
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Researchers at The University of Texas at Dallas have found that incidents of domestic violence in Dallas increased in the three weeks after local stay-at-home orders went into effect in response to the coronavirus pandemic, ...
Jun 17, 2020
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A world-first framework that identifies a health practitioner's readiness to address family violence has been developed in a University of Melbourne-led study funded by the Safer Families Centre.
Jun 17, 2020
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A study in the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (JAACAP) reports that many of the former child soldiers of Sierra Leone have been accepted by their families and communities as they try to ...
Jun 2, 2020
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Advocates and experts on domestic violence likely saw this coming: the response to keep people safe from COVID-19 would result in greater harm for victims of domestic violence. All of that time isolated and at home alone ...
May 29, 2020
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As many states issued stay-at-home orders to contain the spread of COVID-19 across the U.S., police in some areas noticed a spike in reports of domestic violence. Jennifer Hardesty and Brian Ogolsky, both professors of human ...
May 28, 2020
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The stresses placed on families, combined with the closure of classrooms and child care during the COVID-19 outbreak, heightens the risks of domestic abuse and neglect, according to a new Vanderbilt University report published ...
May 4, 2020
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(HealthDay)—With most Americans weeks into sheltering-in-place, couples are in a situation probably none ever planned for: Being in each other's faces all day, every day—with no clear end in sight.
Apr 28, 2020
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Over the past few weeks, there has been increasing awareness of the heightened risk of family violence during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Apr 28, 2020
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The coronavirus pandemic is keeping us at home due to widespread unemployment, school closures and social distancing. This has already led to concerns about an upsurge in domestic and family violence.
Apr 24, 2020
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