The phrase "abuse prosecutions" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in legal contexts to refer to the legal actions taken against individuals accused of abuse.
Example: "The recent increase in abuse prosecutions highlights the need for better support systems for victims."
Alternatives: "abuse cases" or "prosecutions for abuse".
A19 Aiding Abuse Prosecutions Changes in California state law have made it easier to prosecute child molesting cases, legal scholars and veteran prosecutors said.
He's championed child abuse prosecutions since, but this happened on his watch".
Many child abuse prosecutions founder as the UK court system demands that the child victim must appear in court and be cross examined by defence counsel.
Ten years ago, when child abuse prosecutions began scapegoating innocent individuals in day-care centers, revivals of "The Crucible" began to pop up.
Sarah Green, acting director of the End Violence Against Women Coalition, said: "The increase in prosecutions shows that more women are seeking justice, with big increases for example in the numbers of rape prosecutions and child sexual abuse prosecutions.
For example, while prosecutions vary, in my experience child abuse prosecutions provide a better sentencing tariff and uniquely the requirement to comply with a sex offender management regime upon release.
A16 NEW YORK/REGION B1-6 Digital Photos Changing Abuse Prosecution The New York City Police Department is starting to use digital photography to collect evidence in domestic abuse cases, a technique that could reshape the way these cases are prosecuted.
And it concludes by calling on the Bahraini government "to recommit to upholding press freedom and freedom of expression in Bahrain, and to take immediate steps to end all intimidation, arrest, abuse, prosecution and detention of journalists and media professionals on charges relating to their work".
The report said "the time taken to reach decisions to prosecute in the membership cases was too long", and that "the overall delay in the sexual abuse prosecution was unacceptable".
Over the past decade, NAPW counted more than 70 pregnancy-linked child-abuse prosecutions in South Carolina.
Commenting on the section of Pope Benedict's letter to the Church in Ireland, in which the pope favorably compared sex-abuse injuries to Christ's wounds, Zephier asked, "Did Christ's wounds include sodomy?" SNAP director David G. Clohessy observed that South Dakota's new law swims against the tide of childhood-sexual-abuse prosecutions: "Most states are making it easier to expose predators.
