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If you or someone you know is the victim of domestic violence, the following resources are available: Hope House is a nonprofit that operates six domestic violence shelters in the Kansas City area ...
Married persons cohabiting (spouses living together under ordinary circumstances), many state laws were initially very restrictive, criminalizing only the "worst" forms of domestic sexual violence (e.g. requiring violence, a higher level of threat, injury etc.; and often punishing the crime less severely).
Aaron B. Fichtner, 35, pleaded guilty in Jasper County Circuit Court to felony counts of second-degree domestic assault, failure to register as a sex offender and being a prior offender residing ...
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The Domestic Violence Enforcement Unit (DOVE) began operating at the Columbia Police Department on February 2, 1998. The DOVE Unit was funded through the Stop Violence Against Women grant, and it has units composed of three investigators, a victim advocate, and two assistant prosecuting attorneys. The DOVE Unit investigates domestic violence ...
Evidence-based prosecution (sometimes termed "victimless prosecution") refers to a collection of techniques utilized by prosecutors in domestic violence cases to convict abusers without the cooperation of an alleged victim. It is widely practiced within the American legal system by specialized prosecutors and state's attorneys and relies on ...
The amendment expanded the provisions of the 1968 Gun Control Act, which prohibited those convicted of a felony domestic violence charge or subject to a protective order from owning or possessing a firearm, to include those convicted of minority domestic violence charges and contained broad directives for removal of firearms from individuals ...
“Our commitment to halving violence against women and girls within a decade, placing domestic abuse specialists in 999 call centres, and introducing bespoke protection orders, will also help us ...