The People’s Report honours the stories of those who were able to come forward, describe their experience of child  abuse and domestic violence and its impact on their lives. It sets out an inside view of what is currently working well, what isn’t and people’s thoughts and suggestions for an ideal system, and ways of taking action. Message from Sir Owen Glenn “The People’s Report represents … [Read more...]

Violence is being bred into the next generation of children, the first part of a major inquiry into child abuse and domestic violence says. The Glenn Inquiry's first part, the 'People's Report' released on Monday, points to widespread dysfunction in the courts and broken, poorly resourced and disconnected social services as barriers to dealing with the problem. The testimony of 500 survivors, … [Read more...]

A series on Domestic Violence from The Huffington Post Berryville, Arkansas — Two days before she died, Laura Aceves stood on the side of the road and frantically dialed the police for the last time. It was early afternoon and the 21-year-old had finished her shift at the Berryville Tyson Foods plant, where she worked on an assembly line deboning chicken. Moments after pulling out of the … [Read more...]

Courts in the U.S. have sentenced thousands of children to live with a parent who abused them. The family court judges who reach this decision — and restrict or end the relationship of the parent who reported concerns of abuse — usually do so based on the opinion of a court-appointed expert. A quick look at how the family courts' multimillion-dollar expert industry operates reveals a system that … [Read more...]