AFRA News: One in 10 Falsely Accused of Abuse: Survey:
WASHINGTON, Oct 17, 2011 (GlobeNewswire via COMTEX) -- One in 10 adults has been falsely accused of domestic violence, child abuse, or sexual assault, according to a survey conducted by Stop Abusive and Violent Environments (SAVE). The survey also found a strong disparity between the number of males and females falsely accused: more than three quarters of all false accusations are levied against men. Nearly seven in 10 false accusers are female.
The survey is the first of its kind to be undertaken, and uncovers distressing trends within the American abuse-reduction system.
Child abuse is the commonest false charge -- about twice as many people have been falsely accused of child abuse as of domestic violence or sexual assault. In over one quarter of cases, the false allegations were made in a child custody case.
"Each year, millions of innocent Americans are falsely accused of abuse," explains SAVE spokesman Philip W. Cook. "These false allegations can strip persons of their assets, harm their families, and ruin their lives."
Because of these widespread injustices, Cook said, SAVE has launched its Campaign 2012, a grassroots effort to reform U.S. domestic violence laws: http://www.saveservices.org/campaign-2012/
False allegations of domestic violence often lead to family break-up, which forces children into single parent households. Such children face a far greater risk of juvenile delinquency, school drop-out, and teenage pregnancy. One analysis concluded such allegations lead to $20 billion a year in increased welfare and public benefit costs: http://www.saveservices.org/downloads/False-Allegations-Harm-Families-and-Children
Although past studies have examined false abuse allegations within specified groups, no national inquiry previously had been made. To this end, SAVE commissioned the national telephone survey, which queried 20,000 households around the country during two rounds in May and September 2011. More information about the survey methods and results can be seen here: http://www.saveservices.org/falsely-accused/survey/
Stop Abusive and Violent Environments is a victim-advocacy organization working for evidence-based solutions to partner violence: www.saveservices.org .
Contact:
Teri Stoddard Telephone: 301-801-0608 Email: tstoddard@saveservices.org
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SOURCE: Stop Abusive and Violent Environments
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CPS & Police Abuse Constitution, Invading Homes, Kidnapping Children, Ignoring Courts, and Criminalizing Americans. Polygamist FLDS Raid Sheds Light on More Cases
Child Protective Services: CPS & Police Abuse Constitution, Invading Homes, Kidnapping Children, Ignoring Courts, and Criminalizing Americans. Polygamist FLDS Raid Sheds Light on More Cases
Little one Protective Services can consider your children far too. CPS has arrive to feel they are previously mentioned the legislation and the Structure, that they do not require a research warrant to occur into your residence, label you as a youngster abuser for any reason and make you a criminal based upon their impression alone, consider your youngsters away in a paddy wagon, and put your youngsters into foster houses pending a court listening to in which CPS will try their best to win and completely get custody of your kids. If CPS loses, they will proceed to fight you, slandering your family and listing you as a little one abuser in government databases.
Little one Protective Services can consider your children far too. CPS has arrive to feel they are previously mentioned the legislation and the Structure, that they do not require a research warrant to occur into your residence, label you as a youngster abuser for any reason and make you a criminal based upon their impression alone, consider your youngsters away in a paddy wagon, and put your youngsters into foster houses pending a court listening to in which CPS will try their best to win and completely get custody of your kids. If CPS loses, they will proceed to fight you, slandering your family and listing you as a little one abuser in government databases.
Grandma: Missing Glendale girl's sisters taken by CPS
Grandma: Missing Glendale girl's sisters taken by CPS:
The grandmother of a missing Glendale 5-year-old said Sunday that state Child Protective Services has removed the girl's three siblings from their pregnant mother.
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The grandmother of a missing Glendale 5-year-old said Sunday that state Child Protective Services has removed the girl's three siblings from their pregnant mother.
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US Autism Doctor Charged With Unethical Conduct
US Autism Doctor Charged With Unethical Conduct | Care2 Causes:
The Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation has charged an Illinois doctor, Dr. Anjum Usman, with “unprofessional, unethical and/or dishonorable conduct” in regard to her use alternative medical treatments for an autistic boy. The treatments described in the complaint have been widely promoted in the past decade by practitioners and families who claimed that such practices as chelation to remove poisonous heavy metals, hyperbaric oxygen therapy, secretin (a pancreatic hormone) and more had “cured” their children from autism. Books such as Karyn Seroussi’s 2002 Unraveling the Mystery of Autism and Pervasive Developmental Disorders and Jenny McCarthy’s 2007 Louder Than Words: A Mother’s Journey in Healing Autism are only a few accounts claiming miraculous recoveries from autism thanks to alternative medical treatments.
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The Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation has charged an Illinois doctor, Dr. Anjum Usman, with “unprofessional, unethical and/or dishonorable conduct” in regard to her use alternative medical treatments for an autistic boy. The treatments described in the complaint have been widely promoted in the past decade by practitioners and families who claimed that such practices as chelation to remove poisonous heavy metals, hyperbaric oxygen therapy, secretin (a pancreatic hormone) and more had “cured” their children from autism. Books such as Karyn Seroussi’s 2002 Unraveling the Mystery of Autism and Pervasive Developmental Disorders and Jenny McCarthy’s 2007 Louder Than Words: A Mother’s Journey in Healing Autism are only a few accounts claiming miraculous recoveries from autism thanks to alternative medical treatments.
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Questionable Study Makes Women Wonder Whether They Really Miscarried
Questionable Study Makes Women Wonder Whether They Really Miscarried | Care2 Causes:
Today is Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day, and with a new son and another on the way since last year, I still find myself thinking back to the baby I found out that I lost two years before with a bit of sadness in my heart. Although the pain isn’t fresh, it is still memorable, and I feel both for the many women who went through the same struggle with me, and the many, many more who have losses that I have never known.
Which is why a new study published yesterday in Science Daily has me absolutely livid.
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Today is Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day, and with a new son and another on the way since last year, I still find myself thinking back to the baby I found out that I lost two years before with a bit of sadness in my heart. Although the pain isn’t fresh, it is still memorable, and I feel both for the many women who went through the same struggle with me, and the many, many more who have losses that I have never known.
Which is why a new study published yesterday in Science Daily has me absolutely livid.
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‘I needed someone to beat me to feel loved.’
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Beda Peterson lost custody of her 3-year-old daughter in February because one of her roommates was a registered sex offender
Beda Peterson lost custody of her 3-year-old daughter in February because one of her roommates was a registered sex offender
$1.5 million federal grant aims to reduce foster care placement
$1.5 million federal grant aims to reduce foster care placement | INFORUM | Fargo, ND:
‘Early intervention’ would shorten stays
FARGO – A $1.5 million federal grant will help extend a program to reduce the need for child foster care among American Indian families in seven North Dakota counties.
‘Early intervention’ would shorten stays
FARGO – A $1.5 million federal grant will help extend a program to reduce the need for child foster care among American Indian families in seven North Dakota counties.
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