Aasiya Hassan would have loved the quaint, white house on South Buffalo Street in Orchard Park. The walls are painted warm colors, the couches are soft and cushy and there are toys for the little ones.
Family violence touches the very soul of each of us who are, or have been, the primary, secondary, or tertiary victims of abuse. Even simply hearing or reading about domestic violence in the news often gives great pause for thought. The Family Violence Council of Collierville (FVCC) is committed to serving victims of family violence as well as creating awareness about domestic violence in the community. During Domestic Violence Awareness month, the FVCC sponsored a contest whereby primary and secondary victims of domestic violence were asked to draw, or write about, what it is like during, and after, the violence.
Heath Evans, who makes a rough-and-tumble living as fullback for the NFL champion New Orleans Saints, has a soft spot in his heart for children who are the victims of sexual abuse. Evans' wife, Beth Ann, as a third-grader, was sexually abused almost daily by a classmate.
Alcohol is the most common "rape drug," with up to two-thirds of victims consuming alcohol prior to the assault. Surprisingly, little research has examined the assault and postassault experiences of victims who were impaired or incapacitated as a result of substance use, including alcohol, during a rape. Thus, the current study evaluated the assault and postassault experiences of a sample of 340 nonimpaired, impaired, and incapacitated college rape victims. Results supported that these three groups differed in several assault characteristics, including threats by the assailant, resistance by the victim, and relationship with the assailant. In addition, impairment and incapacitation were associated with several postassault factors, including self-blame, stigma, and problematic alcohol us...
... items were administered to assess sexual abuse experiences in childhood (prior to age 14). These ... (reasoned or pleaded with him, screamed for help), and physical resistance (ran away, physically st...
DOVER-FOXCROFT - Womancare is looking for volunteers to help victims of domestic abuse get the services they need. To do that, the organization will offer advocate training from 5 to 8 p.m. every Tuesday for 12 weeks at its Dover-Foxcroft headquarters.
Scott Poirier's murder trial focused the community on the horror of sexual abuse. As a result, questions have been raised about why victims don't speak up and get help for the devastating impact of the sexual abuse. The Sun Journal editorial (Jan. 29) insisted that victims should tell, and promised that "When victims speak, they should know now they will be heard. But sexual abuse victims know that it is not enough to be heard. They have often been repeatedly told by the perpetrator that no one will believe them, they will be in trouble, or something bad will happen to them (or someone/something they care about) if they tell. Or, they may have tried to tell and were not believed or were punished for suggesting such an "outrageous thing."
DOVER-FOXCROFT - The Womancare/Aegis Association's Dover- Foxcroft Domestic Violence Prevention Project is looking for volunteers for its help line. Training for the help line, which is open to victims of domestic abuse, will begin 5-8 p.m. Monday, Oct. 25, and will meet every Monday and Wednesday for six weeks.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 9 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month, and this year the theme is "Domestic Violence: Understand the Truth, Stop the Abuse. To help abuse victims, S.A.V.E. has recently established an Online Support Group for survivors of domestic violence. The Support Group is designed to assist persons in their journey from hurting to healing to helping. Available in a Yahoo group format, the group is open all to victims and survivors of domestic violence.
Billboards are going up in southern Utah to alert people from polygamous communities about help available for victims of abuse and domestic violence. The Utah Attorney General's Office said Reagan Outdoor Advertising donated four billboards in St. George, Cedar City, Parowan and Mount Carmel Junction to promote the Domestic Violence Link Line -- a 24-hour telephone number that provides free, confidential help to abuse victims.
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