THE SUDDEN SPOTLIGHT on Massachusetts’ painfully strained shelter system – creaking under growing demand driven by new migrant arrivals – has mostly glanced past a group that was already struggling […]
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She recorded her abuser, then she faced charges
THE WOMAN’S HUSBAND pushed her down on her bed and placed a pillow over her face. He threatened her and the couple’s young child, according to court findings granting the […]
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First-in-the-nation hotline seeks to help abusers
MASSACHUSETTS HAS numerous hotlines and resources for people who have been abused by their intimate partners. But if an abuser wants to change his behavior, who can he call for […]
Posted inCriminal Justice
Domestic violence homicides decline during pandemic
THERE WAS A significant drop in domestic violence-related homicides in Massachusetts in 2020, according to a new state report, but some worry that there may be a dark underside to what would normally be regarded […]
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Undocumented abuse survivors break silence on bus
THE PARKING LOT STOOD EMPTY Wednesday morning, but then women in groups of two or three, dressed in white shirts, began streaming in, murmuring about the humidity in Spanish. A yellow school bus pulled […]
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Solution to domestic violence homicide: Fewer guns or more guns?
SINCE 2012, THERE have been 82 domestic violence homicides in Massachusetts, many involving the use of a gun. What’s to be done about these tragedies? The Legislature’s Judiciary Committee heard […]