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Laura P.--'I never felt like a victim until I dealt with the police'

on 13 Mar 2008 by Glenn Sacks

Reprinted with permission. Original source here. The current domestic violence system often mistreats the women it purports to protect. Laura P., who spoke at the conference, is one example. Laura says that a few years ago there was an unfortunate incident between her and her husband which the police blew way out of proportion. According to Laura, her husband [read more]

DV Conference Report #6:

How a Child Grows up to Be an Abuser

on 13 Mar 2008 by Glenn Sacks

Reprinted with permission. Original source here. Marlene Moretti, PhD (pictured) is a full professor of psychology at Simon Fraser University and currently leads a multisite Canadian Institutes of Health Research New Emerging Team Grant on gender and aggression. She has published extensively in the fields of developmental psychopathology, social-clinical psychology, and intervention. Moretti has served as a member on several government [read more]

DV Conference Report #5:

Erin Pizzey--'In the early days of the battered women's movement, it was men who helped give us support'

on 13 Mar 2008 by Glenn Sacks

Reprinted with permission. Original source here. I have previously detailed some of what Erin Pizzey had to say at the conference, but she said enough to fill a small book. (She is pictured above--she's the blonde lady in front of one of her battered women's shelters surrounded by supportive protesters.) It is interesting to see how she built the women's shelters [read more]

DV Conference Report #3:

12-Year-Old Boys in Abusive Families Aren't Allowed to Go to Shelters with Their Mothers, but Instead Go to Foster Care

on 13 Mar 2008 by Glenn Sacks

Reprinted with permission. Original source here. One morning during the conference I had breakfast with two remarkable ladies, Erin Pizzey and Patricia Overberg. Pizzey founded the first battered women's shelter in the world in 1971, and Overberg was the first battered women's shelter director in California to admit male victims of domestic violence to a shelter. As bad as things [read more]

DV Conference Report #2:

Distortions of Research on Domestic Violence--the 'Woozle Effect'

on 13 Mar 2008 by Glenn Sacks

Reprinted with permission. Original source here. Dr. Donald Dutton is one of the premier domestic violence authorities in the world. He co-founded the Assaultive Husbands Project in 1979 and has published more than 100 papers and books, including the Domestic Assault of Women, The Batterer: A Psychological Profile, The Abusive Personality, and his latest work, Rethinking Domestic Violence. Dr. Dutton can [read more]

DV Conference Report #4:

Feminist DV Expert Evan Stark Defends Excluding 12-Year-Old Boys in Abusive Families from Joining Their Mothers in Shelters

on 13 Mar 2008 by Glenn Sacks

Reprinted with permission. Original source here. Evan Stark (pictured) is a prominent feminist advocate for domestic violence victims and the author of Coercive Control: How Men Entrap Women in Personal Life (Interpersonal Violence) and numerous other DV books. I discussed his work in my recent blog post Prominent Hard-line Feminist Shows Some Class, Apologizes for Calling Me a 'Notorious Right Wing [read more]

DV Conference Report #1:

Founder of Battered Women's Movement Speaks

on 06 Mar 2008 by Glenn Sacks

Reprinted with permission from originating site. Background: The historic, one-of-a-kind conference "From Ideology to Inclusion: Evidence-Based Policy and Intervention in Domestic Violence" was held in Sacramento, California February 15-16 and was a major success. The conference was sponsored by the California Alliance for Families and Children and featured leading domestic violence authorities from around the world. Many of these researchers are part [read more]