Category: News Articles

  • Sibling bullying makes psychotic disorders three times more likely

    By Eurek Alert on 02/12/2018 “… Led by Professor Dieter Wolke (senior author) at Warwick’s Department of Psychology, this is the first study to explore the relationship between sibling bullying and the development of psychotic disorders. ….” Read the entire article: https://eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-02/uow-sbm021218.php

  • Families of elder abuse victims call for change at Senate hearing

    By KARE on 02/12/2018 “… ST. PAUL, Minn. – Mary held up a picture of her father’s leg, though it no longer looked like a leg. She told lawmakers how her dad had been taken to an assisted living facility after an injury. She said his wounds were always bandaged and the family was asked to…

  • A Title IX Win for the Accused

    By Inside Highered on 02/12/2018 “… A federal appeals court has partially sided with a male student who alleged that Miami University in Ohio was discriminatory when he was investigated for sexual assault and subsequently suspended. …” Read the entire article: https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2018/02/12/title-ix-lawsuit-against-miami-university-has-new-traction

  • Trump decries lack of ‘due process’ for men accused of sexual harassment, abuse

    By Washington Post on 02/10/2018 “… President Trump on Saturday appeared to side with men accused of domestic abuse or sexual misconduct, following a week of turmoil surrounding allegations of spousal abuse against two male aides that brought the national #MeToo movement inside the White House. …” Read the entire article: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-decries-lack-of-due-process-for-men-accused-of-sexual-harassment-abuse/2018/02/10/fb6f7e08-0e89-11e8-95a5-c396801049ef_story.html?utm_term=.3d439172a3fd

  • Bill would protect Maine’s elderly

    By Central Maine on 02/04/2018 “… Financial abuse or exploitation is a widespread form of elder abuse. Sadly, it is sometimes perpetrated by family members or caregivers. A bill presented by my friend and colleague, Rep. Thomas Longstaff, would help prevent some of that. I was proud to cosponsor the measure, L.D. 968, which earned the…

  • Brian is a survivor of domestic violence. He was regularly beaten by his partner – this is his story

    By Manchester Evening News on 01/28/2018 “… Brian is the survivor of a violent and abusive relationship. He was regularly beaten by his partner. He suffered broken bones, but the emotional scars were far worse. Brian kept quiet for two years. …” Read the entire article: https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/brian-survivor-domestic-violence-regularly-14214567

  • Student Expelled for Sexual Assault Had Evidence His Accuser Was Dating the Cop Who Investigated the Case

    By Reason on 01/29/2018 “…. The University of Cincinnati expelled a student, Tyler Gischel, after he had sex with a student who claimed she was incapacitated at the time. Gischel claims investigators ignored two critical aspects of his defense: that his accuser wasn’t as drunk as she claimed, and that she might have been romantically involved…

  • Police apologise to male domestic abuse victim after he was told complaint ‘not a police matter’

    By International Business Times on 01/07/2018 “… Police have apologised to a male victim of domestic violence after he was told by officers his case was “not a police matter”. The man had gone to Arbroath police station in Angus, western Scotland, to report harassment after a woman posted his address on Facebook, but was allegedly dismissed…

  • Male stalking victim: ‘People don’t take you seriously’

    By BBC on 01/07/2018 “… The BBC FOI request also suggested men were almost as likely to be stalked by other men, as by women. Where forces provided data about the perpetrator, 47% of stalking crimes against men were committed by men. …” Read the entire article: http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-42582820

  • End the Bias in Campus Sexual-Misconduct Tribunals

    By Real Clear Politics on 02/05/2018 “… Education Secretary Betsy DeVos and her advisers have made a remarkably good start at ending the Obama administration’s abuse of federal regulatory power to attack the due-process rights of university students accused of sexual assault. But the more important task—the crafting of Title IX regulations to ensure fair treatment for…