Communication, Cooperation Needed to Remove Firearms From Domestic Abusers
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According to the Violence Policy Center’s 2019 report When Men Murder Women, 92% of homicides committed against women were perpetrated by men known to the women.
Gun Laws Recommended for Illinois Could Have Impacted Shooting, Johns Hopkins Says
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Not long after a shooter killed five people at an Aurora, Ill., warehouse, Johns Hopkins released a report listing ways Illinois could curb gun deaths. Two of the recommended laws could potentially have prevented the Aurora deaths on Feb. 15.
Abusive Teenage Relationships on the Rise
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Thompson High School student Shakira Hudson was 15 when she was killed. Audrey Atkinson of Covington was 19. Jasmine Harris of Atlanta was 17 and pregnant. All three died in 2010. Boyfriends or ex-boyfriends were charged with their murders. The girls' deaths were among 130 recorded by the Georgia Commission on Family Violence and the Georgia Coalition Against Domestic Violence in the 2010 Georgia Domestic Violence Fatality Report, the largest number of such homicides since the first annual report in 2003.