October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month, a time to unite and support victims and survivors of abuse. New Jersey has one of the strongest Domestic Violence laws in the United States. It offers victims of domestic violence...more
After states began enacting differing domestic violence laws in the 20th century, the Violence Against Women Act was passed in 1994. This law nationally recognized domestic violence as an epidemic and provided funding for...more
Due to today’s misconstrued versions of domestic violence altercations portrayed in tv shows and movies, many do not have an accurate understanding of how domestic violence cases are treated by law enforcement. Many...more
Victims of abuse have many reasons for not reporting prior acts of domestic violence – either to friends, family, co-workers, etc. or the police. Logically, the failure to report does not negate the fact that the abuse...more
More than 11 years ago, I wrote a post on this blog entitled The Abuse and Misuse of the Domestic Violence Statute. From the statistics, we can see that this is still one of the most read items we have published, because the...more
It is the public policy of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to protect citizens from the devastating impact of domestic violence. General Laws c. 209A provides “a statutory mechanism by which victims of family or household...more