PRINTABLE PAGE US Govt. to Make Nursing Home Quality Data Public Originally published by Reuters Health, November 20, 2001 WASHINGTON — As of next April, residents of five US states will be able to access information on the quality of…
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PRINTABLE PAGE Ex-Bus Driver Gets Life For Rape By Ramon Coronado, Bee Staff WriterOriginally published in The Sacramento Bee, May 14, 2002 A 48-year-old former bus driver for people with disabilities was sentenced Monday in Sacramento Superior Court to a…
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PRINTABLE PAGE New Laws Designed to Protect Children, Elderly From Abuse By Sanford J. Schmidt, Telegraph staff writerOriginally published in The Telegraph, July 23, 2001 EDWARDSVILLE, Illinois — Local prosecutors say two new state laws will help stem the tide…
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PRINTABLE PAGE Battery Behind the Shoji Screen After new legislation, Japan finally faces up to the prevalence and horror of domestic abuse. By Mark Magnier, Times Staff WriterOriginally published in The Los Angeles Times, January 29, 2002 TOKYO — Kimiko…
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PRINTABLE PAGE SJC Gives Grandparents Legal Tie to Unrelated Parents By Kathleen Burge, Globe CorrespondentOriginally published in The Boston Globe, June 16, 2001 Once again paying homage to evolving notions of family, the state’s highest court has ruled that a…
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PRINTABLE PAGE Cop’s Wife Dies in Station Shooting Originally published by SAPA (South African Press Association), January 28, 2002 DURBAN — A police sergeant has allegedly shot and killed his wife in the Durban central police station. She apparently had…
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DOMESTIC VIOLENCE U.S. RESOURCES These are U.S. Domestic Violence Resources. Please also see:Domestic Violence (International) || Disabled Abuse || Elder Abuse ARTICLES/INFORMATION/RESEARCH(click here for Organizations/Agencies) Are women punished more harshly for killing an intimate partner? “Cyntoia Brown was sentenced to…
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DOMESTIC VIOLENCE INTERNATIONAL RESOURCES These are International Domestic Violence Resources. Please also see:Domestic Violence (U.S.) || Disabled Abuse || Elder Abuse ARTICLES/INFORMATION/RESEARCH(click here for Organizations/Agencies) Australian woman who bit off abusive husband’s tongue in Iceland issues warning to other DV…
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PRINTABLE PAGE Violent Marriages May Make Violent Children: Violence at Home Linked to Fire Setting and Animal Cruelty by Kids by Jennifer WarnerOriginally published by WebMD, July 2, 2004 Children of violent marriages may be more than twice as likely…
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PRINTABLE PAGE Police: Man Shoots Self After Killing Wife, Family Members Originally published by The Associated Press, October 29, 2004 MARSHVILLE, N.C. — A man who was charged this month with raping and kidnapping his estranged wife apparently shot her…