While offender programs have typically looked at how batterers use violence to control their victims–or counseled them on how to manage “out of control” anger–staffers at Travis say this program ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Franklin County Municipal Court wants to interrupt the cycle of domestic violence by educating people convicted of abuse who are ...
In a drab college classroom in Oakland, California, about a dozen men sit in a half-circle of desks, arranged in order of who’s been coming here the longest. The guy with 21 weeks under his belt sits ...
A program run by the Salvation Army is trying to stop the cycle of domestic violence by teaching offenders ways to not offend ...
One morning in early April, Brian Heiman and Melissa York, employees of the Kansas Department of Corrections, had just begun a weekly Zoom class with the half-dozen men in their batterer-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 ...
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 ...
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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 ...