Report: Domestic violence murder rate up 55%
By Christian M. Wade BOSTON — Yajaira Suarez was shot to death in 2022, allegedly by her former husband, Jesse Mitchell, before he killed himself in their Lynn home. Authorities said the couple were going through a divorce and fighting for custody of their children....
Man fatally shot daughter, wife at Dover mansion, then himself, DA says
By Asher Klein and Kirsten Glavin • Published January 2, 2024 Authorities have revealed how a family of three was slain at their home in Dover, Massachusetts, last week. The Kamal family, Arianna, 18; Teena; 54; and Rakesh, 57; were found dead by a relative late...
BU professor Joan Donovan explains the meteoric rise of misogyny on social media
By Ethan Cotler, Boston Public Radio October 30, 2023 Listen to the full conversation here. "The violence, the misogyny, the transphobia — it's for clicks," said Joan Donovan, Boston University professor of journalism and emerging media studies. There's been a...
Jane Doe Inc. Statement Ahead of Domestic Violence Awareness Month
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Katherine Sele, katherine@ninetywest.com Statement on Domestic Violence Awareness Month Since 1989, October has marked National Domestic Violence Awareness Month (DVAM). Jane Doe Inc. (JDI), the Massachusetts Coalition Against Sexual...
Don’t blame domestic violence victims in child welfare cases
DCF should be guided by best practices. Boston Globe Editorial Board September 20, 2023 It is one of the toughest challenges in the difficult field of child welfare — protecting children in homes where there is domestic violence while not punishing a non-abusive...
The Pervasive Impact of Coercive Control
In late June, the Together Rising Above Coercion (TRAC) coalition held a briefing at the Massachusetts State House, attended by numerous Coalition members and partners – including Jane Doe Inc. and the Massachusetts Law Reform Institute – advocates, legislators, and...
25 In-Depth: Advocates hopeful Mass. will finally criminalize nonconsensual porn
Kerry Kavanaugh and Marina Villeneuve Wed, July 12, 2023 Alex Hagerty said he remembers the day he got messages from strangers about sexually explicit videos they found of him on a popular social media website. Immediately, he said he put the pieces together – he...
Column: Domestic violence isn’t just a ‘family matter.’ It’s ‘community violence.’
The Supreme Court is set to hear a case about abusers and guns. It’s urgent to change the reductive narrative about intimate partner violence. By Renée Graham Globe Columnist On July 4, Scott Swale broke into Tatiana Tavares’s Raynham home. He fatally shot her as she...
In ‘historic’ moment, MCI-Framingham prisoners testify live at moratorium hearing
By Sarah Betancourt June 27, 2023 A group of 20 women incarcerated at MCI-Framingham testified live on Zoom at a hearing on Monday — for the first time in legislative history. Clad in green uniforms, each woman sat in front of a camera in a white room and spoke in...
Column: What does a predator look like? Not what the haters want you to think.
By Yvonne Abraham Globe Columnist, What does a predator look like? The question has long been crucial for the cynics who fuel America’s culture wars, leveraging fear to win votes. It is also crucial to those of us who genuinely want to confront the scourge of...
