Tag: domestic violence
Don’t let Holidays at Home Spell Trouble
According to the National Resource Center on Domestic Violence, family violence reports increase on average 2.7% during the holiday season. However, the number of hotline calls drops dramatically. Call volume decreases on average 53% on Christmas Day and 30% on New Years day. With the pandemic easing a bit, and gatherings and festivities increasing this…
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Holidays at Home Can Spell Trouble
Post Written By Brooke Price According to the National Resource Center on Domestic Violence, family violence reports increase on average 2.7% during the holiday season. However, the number of hotline calls drops dramatically. Call volume decreases on average 53% on Christmas Day and 30% on New Year’s day. With the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) keeping us…
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How Assault Family Violence Charges Can Affect the Entire Family
Posted by R. Scott Magee Many times when there is discord in the family, it has been brewing for months, if not years. And, in many of those instances, disagreements combined with alcohol or stress blow up when one family member or a well-intentioned neighbor calls the police. Then, usually, someone in the family household…
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Prevent Domestic Violence Situations by Managing Stress
The coronavirus has altered lives in ways that few people could have ever anticipated. Americans are grappling with job loss, being forced to stay home, and are homeschooling their children, compounding our difficulties in these unprecedented times. Unfortunately, these hardships are creating an environment where domestic violence can occur more often. Williamson County intake prosecutors…
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As People Emerge From Quarantine, so too do Accusations of Domestic Violence
Texans are finally emerging from stay-at-home orders after being isolated for a month or more. In the wake of couples being forced to stay at home with each other, intake prosecutors in Williamson County say they’re filling a high number of domestic violence cases. Accusations of domestic violence should be taken seriously and investigated to…
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Domestic Violence on the rise with COVID-19 quarantine
By Brooke Price Economic stress, job uncertainty, trouble finding childcare, and weeks of social distancing create situations for anxiety and tension. As COVID-19 cases continue to rise, relationships with loved ones are being challenged in new ways. Officials in cities with high numbers of reported cases are anticipating, and in some places seeing, a rise…
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Consequences of Family Violence in Round Rock & Williamson County
Domestic violence, otherwise called family violence in Texas has received attention from the state as well as from district attorneys in all jurisdictions. In Williamson County, the county attorney assists in the prevention and prosecution of domestic violence through protective orders, prosecution of domestic violence crimes, and community outreach. The state contends that domestic violence…
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