More than 120 Georgians died last year in domestic violence incidents, and one-third of those deaths were murder-suicides. Those findings are from a new report by the Georgia Fatality Review Project. The report looked at more than 100 separate incidents of homicides involving domestic violence and also noted that in nearly 40 percent of those cases, the perpetrators had threatened or attempted … [Read more...]
Psychologists Play a Big Part in Family Court, But See Little Oversight
New York's Family Courts employ psychologists to help judges make decisions on cases involving child custody, domestic abuse, and juvenile delinquency. But the agency tasked with regulating these psychologists does little in the way of oversight. A ProPublica investigation found that the Office of Professional Discipline rarely takes the first steps towards investigating charges of … [Read more...]
For New York Families in Custody Fights, a ‘Black Hole’ of Oversight
Critics say a state office’s professed inability to review the work of mental health experts in Family and Matrimonial Court leaves children at risk. When Anna Frank lost custody of her 9-year-old son, she blamed her husband and the judge who decided the case in his favor. She also faulted Barbara Burkhard, a psychologist appointed to evaluate the family and advise the court on the matter. … [Read more...]
The Harrowing Story Of Life Inside Alabama’s Most Sadistic Christian Bootcamp
It was October 2011, and Captain Charles Kennedy, a veteran policeman, was in the main office at the Restoration Youth Academy (RYA), a Christian home for troubled teens in Prichard, Alabama, when he caught a glimpse of something shocking on a close-circuit monitor: a naked boy crouching in a 6-by-8-foot isolation room as a light bulb burned overhead. [Read Full Article] … [Read more...]
Mississippi Still Won’t Make Domestic Abuse Grounds for Divorce
The judiciary committee chair believes in "adopting policies that promote marriage." There are several grounds for divorce in Mississippi, including impotency, adultery, and even "habitual drunkenness." But domestic violence is not one of them, and it won’t be anytime soon, after recent legislative efforts to add spousal abuse to Mississippi divorce law failed in a state House committee on … [Read more...]
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