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Law enforcement officers routinely respond to chaotic situations and bring order. But, when given the assignment to deliver news of the death of a loved one, officers enter into an orderly situation a...
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Most law enforcement professionals know that intimate partner violence (IPV) and sexual assault investigations can be the most challenging cases they will work during their careers. These cases often ...
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A police chief in a small town attended a workshop on stalking. After hearing about the research on all of the things victims endure while being stalked—fear of physical and sexual harm, fear of har...
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Any one of the law enforcement executives in the United States who is engaged in efforts to test large numbers of sexual assault kits is well aware of the challenges: figuring out how to get an accura...
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In 2010, approximately 2.7 million children under the age of 18 in the United States had a parent incarcerated in jail or prison. That figure, the equivalent of 1 in every 28 U.S. children, is a stagg...
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Duluth, Minnesota, is known for its power and control conceptualization of the dynamics of battering (the power and control wheel), and also for the Duluth Model—a collaborative structure of domesti...
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In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, with almost everyone evacuated or rescued, more than 250,000 pets were left abandoned.1 Television screens flashed images of pets stranded on rooftops, dogs swim...
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In late 2009 and early 2010, multiple sexual assaults by strangers were reported to the Ashland, Oregon, Police Department. It was rare to receive information about stranger rapes, let alone several w...
