Sentences with phrase «violence cases»

At present, judges issue orders of protection in domestic violence cases after an individual is arrested, but before they are convicted.

There's been little research into the incidence of family violence among culturally diverse women, except to highlight that cultural values and immigration status make family violence cases more complicated for these women.

In total, 4.6 percent of the children in our data set were linked to a domestic violence case filed by a parent, split equally between boys and girls.

The final budget is expected to require that people convicted in domestic violence cases surrender any guns they own.

Students linked to a domestic violence case performed at lower levels academically and were more likely to have been involved in a disciplinary incident than other students in the district.

The director of this program also teaches classes to hundreds of law enforcement and domestic violence case workers each year about the connection between animal abuse and abuse against people.

The use of family therapy for domestic violence cases implies that the couple involved wish to maintain their family intact and are prepared to work to achieve that goal.

There is a concern with domestic violence cases where the power balance between the parties just isn't there.

Our attorneys provide experienced representation for every level of domestic violence case or juvenile crime.

Look Before You Leap: Court System Triage of Family Violence Cases Involving Intimate Partner Violence (PDF) Nancy Ver Steegh, Gabrielle Davis & Loretta Frederick

Paterson was forced to abandon his election campaign and is under investigation over charges he interfered in a domestic violence case against Johnson, who's accused of assaulting his girlfriend last October.

The Los Angeles domestic violence attorneys at Fernandez & Karney have over 100 years of combined experience handling domestic violence cases throughout Los Angeles.

New Ways for Families is a very new approach to high conflict litigation, which appears likely to be helpful in handling domestic violence cases as well as other cases.

The new hires will provide training to other Crown attorneys and develop research to enhance the performance in the prosecution of sexual violence cases.

What is more shocking is that 70 % of domestic violence cases go unreported.

Carrié Solages appeared in court Monday in his domestic violence case following his November re-election, with his lawyer signaling the Democratic official wants to talk to prosecutors about a possible end to the matter.

It has represented LGBT people in domestic violence cases for many years and has represented transgender prisoners in vindicating their civil rights.

Mark Gonzalez has announced a new bureau to handle domestic violence cases after sharing data about the conviction rate involving those cases during his first year as Nueces County District Attorney.

Nana Oye, however, said statistics from DOVVSU showed that out of 1,547 sexual and gender - based violence cases sent to court in 2014, convictions were secured for 160 cases, representing 10.3 per cent and asserted that the way forward was to ensure that the laws were enforced and implementation tracked through an effective monitoring system, in addition to building the capacities of law enforcement institutions, social services and healthcare providers.

About 98 percent of domestic violence cases include financial abuse, Allstate's John Rugel told CNBC.

A lengthy report released Thursday detailed exactly how the NFL and the Ravens made missteps during their investigations of the Ray Rice domestic violence case last year.

Most people I've spoken to since the Kaye report that embarrassed, but did not charge, Gov. David Paterson in connection with the David Johnson domestic violence case believe the governor shouldn't be celebrating his supposed exoneration just yet.

Table: Awareness of Aide's Domestic Violence Case Table: Voters» Views on Paterson's Alleged Role Table: Fairness of Paterson's Treatment

New York's black Democrats had been reluctant to publicly voice their private skepticism of New York's first black governor, but Perkins said the «disturbing» report that the governor had interfered in an aide's domestic violence case forced his hand, and that he would call Paterson to tell him today.

Former David Paterson aide David Johnson, whose domestic - violence case led to Paterson's decision to drop his reelection bid, has invoked his Fifth Amendment right not to incriminate himself, the Times reports, explaining that Johnson has refused to answer questions asked as part of the slow - moving investigation into his alleged assault of Sherr - una Booker.

Similarly, while some domestic violence cases remain within scope (those with leave to remain as a partner of a settled person or in the UK as the partner of an EEA national) this leaves many migrant clients who are here with different forms of leave or no leave at all in a very vulnerable position.

In this updated successor edition to Myers on Evidence in Child, Domestic and Elder Abuse Cases, 5th edition, Professor Myers integrates the psychological, medical and legal issues that arise in the investigation and litigation of interpersonal violence cases.

Prosecutors and courts are beginning to get serious about aggressively prosecuting charges involving domestic violence cases such as spousal assault and child abuse.

He does not appear to have considered that LAO may have been appropriately sensitive to the importance of ensuring access to legal services in domestic violence cases given the danger, stigma and power imbalances those cases involve.

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Some states require that judges screen out domestic violence cases so that the abuser and the victim are not forced to talk with one another.

In practice, this means that we allocate a specialist family violence case coordinator to all clients in these programs who are assessed as being affected by family violence.

In Washington State, mediators will pre-screen for signs of domestic abuse and exempt domestic violence cases from divorce mediation.

We have repeatedly seen mediators take on domestic violence cases even when the law specifically creates an exception for dv cases.

A flurry of domestic violence cases at the collegiate and professional level marred the integrity of the game off - field, as well as questionable handling of the cases by football executives.

The current controversy facing Paterson focuses on a possible domestic violence case against one of the governor's top aides.

We gathered domestic violence data from public records information at the Alachua County courthouse, which included the date filed and the names and addresses of individuals involved in domestic violence cases filed in civil court in Alachua County between January 1, 1993, and March 12, 2003.

At Neuberger & Partners LLP, our lawyers have fought hundreds of domestic violence cases throughout Toronto, many of them intertwined with bitter family law proceedings.

The formal system can in theory hold perpetrators of violence to account, yet in practice sexual violence cases are rare due the preference of women for more accessible and culturally relevant customary law.

The NFL will almost certainly be more vigilant in how handles domestic violence cases going forward.

Nassau County Legislator Carrié Solages appeared in court in his domestic violence case following his November re-election, with his lawyer signaling the Democratic official wants to talk to prosecutors about a possible end to the matter.

Family Violence / Child Injuries Family violence cases are often complex.

Under this Act, the law enforcement agencies are required to respond to and treat domestic violence cases as criminal acts.

Ariel Winger has been practicing family law since 1999 and served as a Staff - Attorney for a local non-profit where she litigated domestic violence cases for 5 years.

That would be his interference in the domestic violence case against David Johnson, then his close aide.

Mark Gonzalez announced a new bureau to handle domestic violence cases after admitting he failed in handling domestic violence cases since he was elected.