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WEBINAR - Multiple Victim Homicides, Mass Murders, and Homicide-Suicides as Domestic Violence Events
This webinar will be hosted from 1:00-2:30 p.m. CST January 24, 2019.
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Multiple Victim Homicides, Mass Murders, and Homicide-Suicides as Domestic Violence Events
While intimate partner homicides are generally discussed as events in which there is a single homicide victim, they often…
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Georgia Commission on Family Violence Presents Jennifer Waindle with 2017 Gender Justice Award
Jennifer Waindle, an investigator with the DeKalb County District Attorney, recently won the Georgia Commission on Family…
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Firearms and Ammunition Prohibitions in the Military
Several studies estimate the rate of intimate partner violence (IPV) perpetration in the military from 13.3 percent to 47…
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Preventing Gun Violence Against Native Women
Six in ten Native women will be physically assaulted at some point in their lives and, on some reservations, the murder rate…
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Reporting Domestic Offenses to Background Check Systems: Does it Really Matter?
Background check systems, such as the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS), were created to work like a…
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The Texas Church Massacre and Preventing Domestic Violence-Related Gun Violence
On Sunday, November 5, a man shot and killed 26 people and injured 20 others at a church service in Sutherland Springs, TX.
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Firearms Background Check Compliance Shows Signs of Improvement
Domestic violence perpetrators are banned from acquisition or possession of firearms under federal and some state laws.
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