Thousands of domestic violence victims may not be getting the help they need. A program designed to protect women from their abusers is rarely being court ordered. Eye-opening statistics from the ...

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 ...

There are programs that help the abused find healing and strength. But there are also programs, usually court-mandated, to stop the batterers from their strikes against their intimate partner.

Since 1991, the Massachusetts Department of Public Health has been responsible for the funding, certification and overseeing of all state certified Batterer’s Intervention Programs. During these past ...

TOPEKA, Kansas – A Wichita batterer intervention program has been certified as fully compliant with state standards, Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt announced Wednesday. Kanas Attorney General ...

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 ...

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 ...