While most efforts to combat domestic violence focus on victims, survivors and breakdowns in systems meant to protect them, one Cook County program is shifting the work to the abusers and breaking the ...

Infants, toddlers, and children under six are much more likely than older kids to witness domestic violence. How do they make sense of it?

Warning: This article contains references to sexual harassment that may be triggering. Behind closed doors, where children should feel safest, silence often becomes the loudest sound of all. That's ...

October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Domestic abuse can be defined as any pattern of behavior in any relationship that is used to gain or maintain power and control over an intimate partner ...

Emotional abuse involves deliberately making partners afraid or feel bad about themselves. It’s usually instrumental, to punish or coerce partners into doing something the abusers want or not doing ...

MONROE, La. (KTVE/KARD) — Just 12 days after a Shreveport man killed seven children and a cousin and injured three others, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When you hear the word "abuse," some form of physical abuse, verbal abuse or sexual abuse may come to mind. But people may not ...

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WAFF) - The holiday season can bring families together, but for those who are in domestic violence situations, experts say this could be the worst time of year. “The one thing that ...

Director of Crisis Intervention Services at YWCA West Central Michigan, Fallon Lee, said they are there to offer services, even when domestic violence survivors feel like they’re backed into a corner.