While offender programs have typically looked at how batterers use violence to control their victims–or counseled them on how to manage “out of control” anger–staffers at Travis say this program ...

Franklin County Municipal Court wants to interrupt the cycle of domestic violence by educating convicted abusers who are on probation. The new Batterers Intervention Program is accepting referrals now ...

LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY)- In the late 1970’s, women’s advocates started the battered women shelter movement. It spread across the nation and evolved into family justice centers and batterers intervention ...

One morning in early April, Brian Heiman and Melissa York, employees of the Kansas Department of Corrections, had just begun a weekly Zoom class with the half-dozen men in their batterer-intervention ...

Almost half of the people attending batterer intervention programs in 2018 didn't finish. Program coordinators say cost, transportation and waiting lists are among the barriers to completion. Almost ...

Jonathan Majors was ordered to participate in a yearlong batterer intervention program in his Manhattan domestic violence case on Monday, dodging a jail sentence for assaulting his ex-girlfriend Grace ...

Over the past year, Northwest Montana has begun making inroads to address domestic violence through a legislative proposal aimed at protecting victims and the addition of three victim advocates in ...

The state of Florida requires people convicted of domestic violence to participate in batterers’ intervention programs. The programs have been in place for 30 years, but lawmakers are now looking into ...

The New York City Council’s Committee on Women and Gender Equity and Committee on the Justice System held a joint hearing on Wednesday to examine the effectiveness of the city’s programs meant to ...

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