Domestic Violence

Individuals who are in a marriage that involves domestic violence may feel trapped or frightened, and making a decision to change the situation takes courage and resolution. In some cases, individuals may have been victims of domestic violence even before the...

"People will do what you allow them to do."That is what one attorney said she has learned through her personal and professional experience with domestic violence. Just like many Florida victims, the woman was not a "typical" victim of domestic violence; she was an...

When you think of the homeless population in Florida, would you imagine that many of these people have been victims of domestic abuse? The fact is that domestic violence victims often lose their access to stable housing options because they are worried about their own...

For a variety of reasons, women in Florida and elsewhere who are in troubled relationships often shield that fact from outsiders. They may be embarrassed. Alternatively, they might be afraid or simply view details of their private lives as being off limits to...

A criminal behavior that largely flew under the radar in bygone decades has over the past several years been placed under a prominent national spotlight.That behavior is stalking, which is now widely perceived as a significant problem across the country, including in...

Here’s a notable irony relating to domestic abuse: Highly trained orthopedic trauma surgeons who believe that such abuse is a serious problem and that identifying and following through is important seem as a group to be woefully ineffectual in identifying and...

Monday of this week marked the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. The events, speeches and other activities on that day focused upon the acts of violence -- including domestic abuse -- that are committed against women across the globe...

A recent opinion column appearing in the Tampa Bay Times conveyed the views and continuing concerns of former Florida first lady Columba Bush on a matter that is clearly close to her heart.That subject is domestic violence, with Bush contributing an article to the...

Sherell Rosegreen, a Lauderdale Lakes resident in Broward County, survived a marriage marked by domestic violence acts repeatedly visited on her by her ex-husband. She subsequently wrote a book about it entitled “Abused Under His Charm” as an act of...

As this blog has indicated in a few prior select posts, the subject of domestic violence occurring in families in Florida and nationally is often extremely complex in its overtones and implications.For example, and although men are statistically proven to be the...