Incidence of domestic abuse rose dramatically over the course of the global pandemic as so many were forced to stay home, potentially making a bad situation worse.

Rise researchers, for a forthcoming report, interviewed 160 women in 25 B.C. communities who were domestic violence survivors and had been involved with the family court system.

Domestic violence doesn't necessarily get worse at the holidays -- though people often think that's true. Rather, said Mary Travers Murphy at the Family Justice Center of Erie County, violence in ...

More than 5,000,000 victims of domestic abuse, sexual assault or stalking in the UK Brooke Davies Published July 25, 2025 4:19pm Updated July 25, 2025 4:19pm Comments ...