Add to ORKGDomestic violence harms children and families. In the past several years, efforts to recognize this harm have led to the passage of new state laws that allow for concurrent criminal and family court jurisdiction in domestic violence cases, mandate arrest in domestic violence situations and require courts to consider domestic violence as a factor in custody decisions. Unfortunately, the heightened awareness of the harm domestic violence causes children has also resulted in a punitive policy towards battered women in the child welfare system. Increasingly in New York City, abuse and neglect proceedings are brought against battered mothers. Their children are removed from them, and the only allegation is abused upon their children\u27s exposur...
In 1996, the New York State Legislature attempted to afford additional protection to domestic violen...
four million reported incidents of domestic violence against women every year and an estimated 3.3 m...
Despite over two decades of reform, fundamental failures persist in the justice system\u27s response...
Domestic violence harms children and families. In the past several years, efforts to recognize this ...
This article argues that it is wrong to charge battered mothers with child abuse or neglect when the...
The intersection of domestic violence and child maltreatment has been the subject of research and re...
Many new laws and policies are emerging in the area of domestic violence. In 1994, the Legislature p...
Although child abuse has existed for centuries in the United States, an increase in the number of re...
In this Essay, I consider some of the problems facing battered women in three situations: when invol...
This Note examines the effectiveness and enforceability of civil restraining orders in domestic viol...
Despite the progress of the last three decades, the American public and even feminists remain caught...
Promoting the best interests of children and protecting their safety and well-being in the context o...
This note proposes that New York implement a mandatory arrest policy for certain types of domestic v...
Massachusetts law governing child custody recognizes the damaging effect that witnessing domestic vi...
Despite over two decades of reform, fundamental failures persist in the justice system\u27s response...
In 1996, the New York State Legislature attempted to afford additional protection to domestic violen...
four million reported incidents of domestic violence against women every year and an estimated 3.3 m...
Despite over two decades of reform, fundamental failures persist in the justice system\u27s response...
Domestic violence harms children and families. In the past several years, efforts to recognize this ...
This article argues that it is wrong to charge battered mothers with child abuse or neglect when the...
The intersection of domestic violence and child maltreatment has been the subject of research and re...
Many new laws and policies are emerging in the area of domestic violence. In 1994, the Legislature p...
Although child abuse has existed for centuries in the United States, an increase in the number of re...
In this Essay, I consider some of the problems facing battered women in three situations: when invol...
This Note examines the effectiveness and enforceability of civil restraining orders in domestic viol...
Despite the progress of the last three decades, the American public and even feminists remain caught...
Promoting the best interests of children and protecting their safety and well-being in the context o...
This note proposes that New York implement a mandatory arrest policy for certain types of domestic v...
Massachusetts law governing child custody recognizes the damaging effect that witnessing domestic vi...
Despite over two decades of reform, fundamental failures persist in the justice system\u27s response...
In 1996, the New York State Legislature attempted to afford additional protection to domestic violen...
four million reported incidents of domestic violence against women every year and an estimated 3.3 m...
Despite over two decades of reform, fundamental failures persist in the justice system\u27s response...