partner violence Archives - The Whitley Law Firm, P.C.

Intimate Partner Violence: Training for the Unthinkable

Sandra Kozero — Thu, 22 Feb 2018 03:10:16 +0000

I googled “protecting yourself in your home from a loved one.” On the first page, nine out of ten results were based on protecting yourself from intruders. The tenth result was protecting yourself from an abusive guardianship in a legal matter. If 55% of femicides are a result of intimate partner violence, women should have...

The post Intimate Partner Violence: Training for the Unthinkable appeared first on The Whitley Law Firm, P.C..

Intimate Partner Violence: Warning Signs

Sandra Kozero — Tue, 20 Feb 2018 10:03:16 +0000

Gavin de Becker has made a career by evaluating threats. In his national bestselling book The Gift of Fear, he discusses the elements of prediction with the most valuable factor being pre-incident indicators (PINs). PINs are detectable warning signs that will reliably occur before the outcome being predicted. De Becker believes spousal homicide is the...

The post Intimate Partner Violence: Warning Signs appeared first on The Whitley Law Firm, P.C..

Intimate Partner Violence: The Facts

Sandra Kozero — Sun, 18 Feb 2018 02:59:13 +0000

Recently a friend of mine was killed in a murder-suicide by her husband. They were in the middle of what everyone thought was an amicable divorce. Not once did she ever tell her friends or her family that she had been in any way abused by her husband or that she was scared for her...

The post Intimate Partner Violence: The Facts appeared first on The Whitley Law Firm, P.C..