A new University of Sydney study reveals a 3.4 percentage point increase in the conviction rate in domestic violence cases that use pre-recorded evidence. The Australian Economic Review has published their results.
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Aug 22, 2023
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The COVID-19 pandemic created a global increase in domestic violence against women. Now, an MIT-led experiment designed with that fact in mind shows that some forms of social media can increase awareness among women about ...
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Aug 7, 2023
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Victims of repeat domestic abuse are less likely to provide witness statements to police when they have access to non-police services, according to a study from the University of Surrey.
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Jun 8, 2023
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Very few people who have survived domestic violence are getting Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) waivers from the work requirements and time limits tied to those benefits—even though they're eligible for them, ...
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Jun 5, 2023
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(Editor's note: This article mentions acts of intimate partner violence against First Nations people.)
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Jun 2, 2023
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Women in abusive relationships are more likely to be unemployed and earn less money than women with non-abusive partners.
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May 17, 2023
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Researchers examining the effect bad childhoods have on youth criminals say some types of experience have a greater effect on criminality than others.
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May 17, 2023
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Black adults—particularly Black women—with higher levels of education and experiences of discrimination and crime are more likely to own a firearm, according to a study by the New Jersey Gun Violence Research Center at ...
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May 16, 2023
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As the government weighs up whether to extend single parenting payments to parents of children older than the present cutoff age of eight in this week's budget, new information has come to light about what happened when the ...
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May 8, 2023
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Research being launched at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, today offers a rare glimpse at how the key international convention on women's rights has been translated into national laws on issues such as sexual health ...
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Feb 16, 2023
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