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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Couples in abusive relationships often want to maintain their relationship, for a variety of reasons: Have children in common Continue to experience mutual affection and love Lack the financial means to live separately Do not believe in divorce The Domestic Violence Focused Couples Treatment (DVFCT) is a model treatment program that has been shown […]
Alcohol or drug abuse plays a role in at least 40% of incidents of partner abuse, according to a Department of Justice study (1). And one survey of abuse shelter staff found drugs and alcohol were involved in at least 50-60% of domestic violence cases (2). Such persons may not have been diagnosed with a substance abuse […]