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Chicago Abuse and Domestic Violence

"Chicago's 2012 Teen Girls and Women's Health Day"

  • Teen Girls and Women Health Day
  • February 21, 2012
Chicago, IL~ Can one imagine that we are well into the year of 2012. There is a Black president in the White House. Is there a grandeur picture for...
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Thumbs up for the new book “Abuse in the Jewish Community”

Finally, after several long months of waiting, -- “Abuse in the Jewish Community: Religious and Communal Factors that Undermine the...
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He's bad news, and they're back together

Spring in Chicago. Romance is everywhere. Something about spring makes us want to couple up, to walk by the Lake and go to farmer's markets....
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Conflict of interest? Asher White representing offenders of Henna's DV clients

  • Asher B. White
  • February 23, 2011
by Annie Kay and Vicki PolinWhat happens in Brooklyn can easily occur in Chicago, Lakewood, NJ, Los Angeles and other insulated religious...
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Crimes against women - Obstruction of justice

If this is happening in New York, it could happen in Chicago or in any other community.Feb. 15, 2011 -- Several ultra orthodox Jewish women...
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Domestic Violence: A Critical Problem

We hear of war in foreign lands; violence on our city streets, states that are known to be on the top ten lists for the title of murder capital. We...
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Functional capitalism after-the-fact is part of domestic violence survival

Survival is a long-term process. It does not end when the victim finishes her therapy -- her primal scream induced, the concluding session followed...
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“Raising gentle-men” replaces stereotypical ideas of control and aggression

Ask any boy between the ages of 8 and 16 the definition of the word ‘argument’ and they’ll probably say a ‘fight.’...
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Domestic violence in lesbian relationships creates 'second closet'

Lesbian domestic violence is not about lesbianism. It is not about sex, or sexual role play. It does not involve the dynamic of who is butch, dyke,...
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Top 5 reasons families go to counseling

Chances are that many of you know at least one family in counseling. And it is even more likely that you did not learn this information off the bat...
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