Legislation

Legislation Federal: Violence Against Women Act State Domestic Violence Laws: National Conference of State Legislators SAVE Model Bills: Partner Violence Reduction Act Curb False Allegations of Domestic Violence Resolution Regarding the Necessity of Inclusive Domestic Violence Programs

Resolution Regarding False Allegations

It is the sense of [name of legislative body] that— 1.   A national survey found 9.7% of persons reported they had been falsely accused of domestic violence, sexual assault, or child abuse (1). 2.   Victim-rights groups, judges, and others have decried the fact that false allegations harm true victims (2). Such accusations take away services, protections, and […]

PVRA

Partner Violence Reduction Act – SAVE’s original proposal to create the VAWA Inclusion Mandate: Legislative Language Sense of Congress Regarding False Allegations and Their Harmful Effects on Victims Critiques by Other Groups: American Civil Liberties Union and other groups re: mandatory minimum sentencing National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers re: American Indian provisions
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Discrimination Title IX

The year in review: An update on my efforts to challenge Title IX violations in higher education and advance civil rights for all

Blog Post December 31, 2020 by Mark J. Perry For the last several years, I’ve been on a one-man mission to challenge the frequent and brazen violations of Title IX’s prohibition of sex discrimination and Title VI’s prohibition of discrimination based on race and color. As Professor Philip Carl Salzman pointed out recently universities regularly […]

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Domestic Violence False Allegations

New Incentives to Falsely Accuse in NY

NY Adds a New Factor to Consider for Equitable Distribution: Domestic Violence On April 3, 2020, tucked away in a bill largely addressing the New York State budget for the 2020-2021 fiscal year, the Legislature amended Domestic Relations Law (DRL) §236B(5)(d) by adding a new factor a court must consider in distributing property between divorcing […]

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Domestic Violence

Need to Remove $40M ‘Pork’ for Transitional Housing

Does Repeating a Lie 1,000 Times Make it the Truth? Need to Remove $40M ‘Pork’ for Transitional Housing Coalition to End Domestic Violence December 23, 2020 On March 23, the National Task Force to End Sexual and Domestic Violence issued an Alert with this startling coronavirus claim: “Survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault are […]

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Press Release Victims Violence Violence Against Women Act

Press Release: Anti-Violence Bill Loses Focus on Victims, Many Claim

PRESS RELEASE Contact: Teri Stoddard Email: tstoddard@saveservices.org Anti-Violence Bill Loses Focus on Victims, Many Claim WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 — A growing number of groups, including Stop Abusive and Violent Environments, are criticizing the proposed reauthorization bill of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) for losing sight of the law’s original intended purpose: to help victims [...]
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Accountability Campus Civil Rights Department of Education Title IX

Biden’s Pushing Ahead to the Obama Past on Campus Rape. He’ll Need Good Luck With That.

By Richard Bernstein, RealClearInvestigations December 15, 2020 Earlier this year, President Trump’s often embattled Education Secretary, Betsy DeVos, established new rules on handling sexual assaults on campus to strengthen protections for accused students, almost all of them men. Joe Biden, who was the Obama administration’s point man for the policies DeVos upended, has made his displeasure […]

What are Some Informational Resources to Consider?

A wealth of domestic violence books, manuals, and other materials are available to domestic violence service providers. These are three such resources: Domestic Violence: Intervention, Prevention, Policies, and Solutions by Richard Davis. Click for ordering information The Whole Truth About Domestic Violence by James Kline. Send $25.00 (money orders or cashier’s checks only) and your mailing address […]

What does a Model Abuser Intervention Program Look Like?

One common treatment modality is an Abuser Intervention Program (sometimes called a Batterer Intervention Program). Abuser Intervention Programs are group treatment modalities for offenders who, in most cases, are referred by the courts as an alternative to incarceration. These are the features of a model Abuser Intervention Program:   Evidence-based: The Abuser Intervention Program should be based […]