We will continue to raise awareness about the rise in domestic violence homicides in the United States since 2014. Criminal justice reform has caused spikes in crime including violence against women. Women are dying at the highest rate in the more than a decade, across America, and no one is talking about it or paying attention. Not a single national or state domestic violence organization has profiled the large and consistent rise in the murders of women since the beginning of bail and jail reform in this country. Alliance for HOPE International and our allied Family Justice Centers will continue to focus on the shocking numbers. Women die at very low rates in Family Justice Centers across America but high risk victims who do not get to Family Justice Centers are dying at rates nearly as high as prior to the Violence Against Women Act was passed in 1994. We need to focus on accountability for stranglers, the men most likely to kill women. And we need to provide comprehensive, wraparound services for high risk victims of domestic violence. Dangerousness must be a consideration by judges in bail and bond decisions -- particularly the dangerous of abusive men toward their victims. https://lnkd.in/gASP-RnE
I would also like to see the research, if available, which would show a causal relationship. Thanks!
Domestic Violence crimes need to be heard in criminal court! Not family courts! Family courts only care about making profits at the expense of families and children. Also, false allegations will be reduced as well if these cases are heard in criminal courts.
Executive Director at Center for Justice and Human Dignity
1moCould you please share the study showing bail and jail reform as the cause for rising violence against women? I am interested in reading the research. Thank you.