In addition, there is a need for more qualitative interviews with women who did not experience intimate partner violence on their views on the acceptability of routine or case-based inquiry for intimate partner violence and under which conditions it should be conducted.
He is most proud of two programs he started: the domestic violence unit, under which orders of protection are now served to abusers by sheriff's deputies instead of by the battered women themselves; and the drunken drivers rehabilitation center, which has cut down on repeat offenders by 75percentt.
Today, one in three women under 50 has experienced physical and/or sexual violence by a partner, or non-partner sexual violence -- violence which affects their physical and mental health in the short and long-term.
Women who did not reveal intimate partner violence to their doctor, even after being asked about it were probed about the reasons for not revealing violence, the conditions under which they might have revealed violence and what their thoughts are on asking all women about intimate partner violence.
The legal scholarship that Nisbett and Cohen (1996: 57 78) review makes it clear that southern legislatures are often willing to enact laws reflecting the culture of honor view regarding the circumstances under which violence is justified, which suggests there is at least some support among southerners for the idea that honor values should be universalizable.
There is also a need for surveys, focus group discussions and in-depth interviews with health care providers on the acceptability and practicalities of routine and case-based inquiry for intimate partner violence and the conditions under which this would be feasible.
When Mr. Castleman was indicted under the federal gun law in 2009, he argued that his conviction did not qualify as a crime of domestic violence because the state law under which he was charged did not require proof of physical force.
The event, organized by Everytown for Gun Safety, a gun control group backed by former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg, featured a screening of a polemical new documentary on gun violence, Under the Gun, which is narrated by news anchor Katie Couric.
We show the multiple layers of violence and fear of violence in which Chicago students outpaced other cities in 2007-2013.
Pope Francis announced a change to Vatican law under which child prostitution, sexual violence and sexual acts involving children will be specifically named as crimes, as opposed to falling under the broader heading of crimes against minors.
Peer violence among adolescents in schools is described in literature under "school violence," which is considered as a subset of youth violence [ 2].
