An Orlando mother was arrested and charged after her son was found hanging from a second story window. According to police officials, the boy was seen hanging over the window ledge and when officers arrived at the scene, they found that the child was staying home alone. Officers then went to the woman’s workplace where [...]

Nicolas Cage’s son, Weston Cage and his wife, have been arrested on felony domestic violence charges after the 4th of July weekend. Weston and his wife, Nikki Williams have been married for two months and were both arrested after an alleged physical altercation occurred. The 20-year-old Cage spent the night in an L.A. County Jail [...]

55-year old actor Mel Gibson plead no contest to charges of domestic violence in the Los Angeles County Superior Court this past Friday.  The actor was accused of domestic violence after his then girlfriend, Oksana Grigorieva, reported to police that she had been attacked in their Malibu home.  Grigorieva suffered a black eye and two [...]

Around 3.4 million people in the United States are the victims of stalking each year.  The U.S. Department of Justice recognizes the month of January as National Stalking Awareness Month.  This year is the eighth year the month has been recognized by the Department and the campaign is titled “Stalking: Know it. Name it. Stop [...]

Communities across the country are campaigning and hosting events to bring attention to domestic abuse for October’s National Domestic Violence Awareness Month.  Recent statistics show that 70 percent of Americans know somebody who is or has been a victim of domestic violence. Saturday, an event called PAWS for PEACE pet walk gathered hundreds of pets [...]

In a recent study conducted by a professor at the University of British Columbia, Zach Walsh, results showed that male and female domestic violence perpetrators possess similar personality traits.  The study examined 567 psychiatric patients, including 138 women and 93 men with histories of domestic violence.  Researchers looked to see if the study’s participants exhibited [...]

Earlier this week, 44-year old Two And A Half Men actor Charlie Sheen plead guilty to a misdemeanor charge of third-degree assault in the Christmas day attack of his wife, Brooke Mueller, last year. Sheen decided to plea guilty after coming to a plea bargain with lawyers.  The bargain included dropping two more serious charges- [...]

Recently released abusive phone messages from Mel Gibson to his girlfriend have captured the nation’s attention, and now domestic violence experts and psychologists are working to get the word out and remind people that ninety percent of verbal abuse escalates into physical abuse.  Verbal abuse often goes ignored and unreported, but it is important to [...]