A 22-year-old college baseball player was gunned down in Pennsylvania last week after knocking on the wrong door. On Tuesday, a 58-year-old police corporal was charged with manslaughter. Tom Hanson ...

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Coercive control is a daily reality for thousands of women across the country. It’s time to stand up and speak out for their safety ...

Domestic violence can take many forms—physical abuse, sexual abuse, rape, emotional abuse, intimidation, economic deprivation, threats of violence. Any situation in which one partner wields power over ...

This is The Marshall Project’s Closing Argument newsletter, a weekly deep dive into a key criminal justice issue. Want this delivered to your inbox? Sign up for future newsletters. On April 27, 2024, ...

Spousal Drugging and Chemical Control: Domestic Violence, Marital Tort, or Both? Whether it’s spiking food or drinks, withholding essential medication, or administering substances to incapacitate and ...

When most people hear the words “domestic violence,” they think of physical harm. Arizona’s new family court law, the Alec and Lydia Act (HB2995), effective June 22, 2026, changes that picture ...

People sometimes have a hard time believing that domestic abuse matters in wealthy families. And by “people,” I mean judges, juries, neighbors, colleagues, psychotherapists, and everyone else. Some ...

When it comes to domestic violence, cases involving catastrophic physical violence are the ones that most often make it into the media. But our new research shows there are often signs of trouble long ...

Nearly 3 in 10 women and 1 in 10 men in this country have experienced rape, physical violence, or stalking by a partner, and report it had a major impact on their functioning. Those cases are just a ...

Domestic violence goes largely unaddressed in workplace settings. It is frequently viewed as a private issue that should be resolved in the home, one that must not “interfere” with the duties and ...